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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite being young and just out of college, Berea craftsman Justin Burton has dedicated himself to the preservation of Appalachian arts and crafts, specifically in the form of broom making. Burton, ...

Chances are you don’t think much about the aesthetic appeal of your broom handle. Eric McIntyre does, though — and not only that, the 29-year-old woodworker and broom maker thinks about comfort as ...

Growing up just outside of rural Berea, Kentucky, I was spoiled from a young age by the proliferation of beautifully crafted, functional housewares that graced store windows and lined neighbors’ ...

If you’re planning to dress up as a witch for Halloween this year (check out our DIY witch costume tutorial for easy ways to make the outfit your own), you’re definitely going to need a sorceress’s ...

One crafter is turning the lost art of broom making into something far more symbolic than a cleaning tool. As a girl, Ridenour lived in a series of group homes. Struggling to feel safe in her ...