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Videos on You Tube:http://www.youtube.com/user/TheDancingGoats
Images and Photography: Copyright TheDancingGoats...
Images and Photography: Copyright TheDancingGoats...
TheImaginariumForge, is the ETSY Shop BLOG
of TheDancingGoats…
Appalachian Hearth Broom
(Besom) Making:...The oldest technique for making brooms is to me the most elegant...A couple of simple tools, simple materials and easy to learn techniques and lots of practice are all that is required.
The Broom Maker's Tying Frame is available in TheDancingGoats ETSY Store...
As taught at the Ozark Fiber Fling
Starting from scratch by growing broom corn or any Sorghum will strengthen the appreciation for the work required to produce a quantity of brooms by hand...
We use simple tools and materials to make durable brooms
In a World Made by Hand, the Craft person, Maker holds a special place and
will never want for food nor shelter
Learn this ancient hand
craft with our three part You Tube lessons.
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Lesson
1 of 3: Introduction and Basics...
Lesson 2 of 3: Bind and Weave the Besom
Lesson 3 of 3: Bind off and Trim
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The You Tube Lessons from TheDancingGoats are my way of giving back some of the great lessons and practices others have shared with me...For those that prefer to learn in the privacy of their redoubt: Enjoy
If you can afford to attend a retreat or seminar, by all means do so...Learning to make things and becoming a Maker is Good Medicine in lots of ways...
Help make 'The Lost Arts' become, Found Arts...
Learn and demonstrate this craft and you will find yourself an
invited demonstrating crafts person at Festival after Festival...
invited demonstrating crafts person at Festival after Festival...
Read: World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
A poignant look at why becoming a maker might be a real good idea...A maker will never go hungry nor want for shelter...in a World Made by Hand...
