A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...

While the craft of chair caning takes years to learn and perfect, Emily Uphill can’t help but think her skill at the trade might be a bit genetic, too. After all, she learned to weave cane and other ...

Nigeria has a remarkable heritage, and one craft that is viable for both individuals and the country’s economy is cane weaving. The cane is produced from the peeled-off bark of rattan, then cut into ...

The production and export of cane weaving materials is a thriving industry that has gained significant attention due to the increasing demand for eco-friendly products. Cane, which is derived from the ...

BRADENTON — Earl Baker’s inspiration for cane weaving was not unusual. Most married men will relate. “My wife got me into it,” said the 73-year-old Parrish resident. It was back in the early 1990s and ...

Three panels team up to create a cane headboard for a full-size bed (you can scale up the size of each panel for a larger bed). When you weave your own panels, you have total artistic control over the ...

PEABODY - There's a chair weaving company north of Boston that's giving people with disabilities the opportunity to be creative and make something beautiful. The Heritage Caning Company in Peabody has ...

When California shut down in March 2020, I found myself wanting to redecorate my home but couldn’t justify the expense. Instead, I researched ways to add cane webbing to an existing piece of furniture ...

Lin Golombosky never planned on caning chairs for a living. The Willington resident had worked for 10 years as a union carpenter, a job she describes as the best years of her life. As time passed, ...

At an intersection of a busy road in Cantonments, a serene suburb of Ghana's national capital Accra, is a cluster of carpenters, weavers and craftsmen producing various forms of art works using ...

Lagos — As unemployment rate still high in Nigeria, cane weaving business has been proffered as a way out, especially if government encourages teaching of the craft in schools. The business, according ...