A long celebrated artisan craft in the Lowcounty has been making its way through generations. Sweetgrass basket making is a special skill that one can learn, and once perfected can make into art.

She is one of the first faces residents and visitors spot out of the corner of their eye while traveling up and down Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant. Her stand sits just off the shoulder of the roadside, ...

For Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, this tradition ties her to generations of Gullah people, including her mother and daughter. Peter Frank Edwards My aunt Linda used to tell me, ‘Nobody has to ...

SAVANNAH, G.A. (WCIV) — Vice President Kamala Harris, while visiting a store in Savannah, Georgia bought a traditional Gullah sweetgrass basket from a Charleston native. Harris, in Savannah as part of ...

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED GENERATIONS ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Nakia Wigfall, a Mount Pleasant sweetgrass basket artisan, finished a rice fanner basket that a ...

Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (WCIV) -- As cars whish by, Rosalie Coaxum concentrates on weaving the Sweetgrass for a new basket. The land she sits on is part of her family's history. She and her sister, Alma ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and ...

ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (WCBD) – It’s an art form and tradition that is a major part of Lowcountry living – sweetgrass basket weaving. Approximately 50 basket weavers spent the day pulling the grass to make ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month, over at the Riverbanks Botanical Garden, people of all ages showed up for a sweetgrass ...