Louise Jacobs Mitchell making a basket with a box of baskets in front of her, Frank Thomas stands to her right. Behind her is the church rectory and a man hoeing in the garden. Kanatakon/St. Regis Village, NY. 1930. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.
Hands at work making wampum belts and strings at Margaret Boots Cree Wampum bead class. Akwesasne. 1980. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.
Luthier Glenn Hill holds a guitar he made inside his home studio. Hogansburg, NY. Photo taken by Amy Feiereisel.
Carrie Hill is a modern basket maker and the owner of Chill Baskets. She works out of a home studio and has work in museums and collections around the world. Making baskets from sweetgrass and black ash splint is a tradition that goes back generations in her family, but Carrie learned as an adult, from her […]
Carrie Hill is a modern basket maker and the owner of Chill Baskets. She works out of a home studio and has work in museums and collections around the world. She says it has been rewarding beyond measure, and describes her personal style as ‘colorful, balanced, and very Carrie.’ Photo taken October 2019. Hogansburg, NY. Photo by […]
Woodcarvers Rick and Ellen Butz teaching a class at the Crandall Public Library. Ellen is carving. Circa 1983. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection, CLP 3057, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh. He graduated […]
Carrie Hill working inside her home studio/workshop in Hogansburg, on the Mohawk Akwesasne Reservation. Carrie has been making baskets since 2006, and went full-time in 2015. Read and listen to her full North Country at Work story here! Hogansburg, NY. Photo taken in October of 2019 by Amy Feiereisel.
Cris Winters poses in the Art at the Pink House gallery, which she owns and operates. Winters specializes in fiber arts, and often incorporates natural materials into her work. Saranac Lake, NY. July 13, 2019. Photo by Amy Feiereisel.
Guideboat builder Carl Hathaway concentrating in Hathaway’s Boat Shop. Saranac Lake, NY. Circa 1960-1980. Photo courtesy of Chris Woodward.
Guideboat builder Carl Hathaway thinking- or “cogitating” as he liked to call it- in Hathaway’s Boat Shop. Saranac Lake, NY. Circa 1960-80. Photo courtesy of Chris Woodward.
