Broom Craft

This workshop will begin with an introduction to the materials and tools used to create brooms, followed by a demonstration of the core skills of Appalachian style broom-crafting. Then it will be your turn! By lunch time you will have made a handheld whisk broom known as a turkey wing. After lunch we will spend our time exploring some other styles of whisk brooms and practicing the basics.

Our second day will be devoted to making a floor sweeping broom. I will start the day off with a demonstration that will cover preparing the materials, bundling the broom corn to the handle, stitching the broom and then the finishing touches.