Cynthia Main runs Sunhouse Craft, a company that makes handmade brooms, Appalachian style. (Photo courtesy of Sunhouse Craft) Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop ...

No one makes brooms by hand anymore. Well, almost no one. More than a century ago Jack Martin’s maternal ancestors, the Hockadays, began growing broomcorn alongside more conventional crops on the ...

ARCOLA — A maker of craft brooms for about eight years, it was nothing for Debbie Lutz to decide to travel from her home in Pennsylvania to spend part of the weekend at a festival honoring brooms and ...

Broomcorn harvesting used to be a major part of the U.S. agriculture industry before being swept away in the 1990s, but one Kentucky craftsperson is looking to bring it back. Artisan broom-maker ...

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The Pescadero artist makes brooms by hand using traditional techniques and local materials. Lisa Sheffield Guy makes brooms from her home in Pescadero and sells them under the name Butano Broomcraft.

ARCOLA — A maker of craft brooms for about eight years, it was nothing for Debbie Lutz to decide to travel from her Pennsylvania home to spend part of the weekend at a festival honoring brooms and ...

Blackwell, who is based in Eugene, Ore., has an Instagram following of more than 113,000. “I wouldn’t consider myself an influencer, but I guess I do want to influence people to use handmade brooms,” ...