Max Hendry Mountain Heritage Historic Handcraft
This 4-day class will cover all aspects of traditional, handcrafted Broom Making, from whisks to sweepers, all styles of brooms will be explored. We will learn all about growing and processing broomcorn, harvesting & finishing handles; It'll be making brooms from the ground up. Students will not only leave with a nice selection of brooms, […]
We will be harvesting the majority of our willow crop this weekend at WillowWilde Farms in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Look for Willow classes to follow!
Mark will be assisting Pattie Bagley in this years BASKETS OF THE FOLK SCHOOL class, to be held at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Check the Folk School Website for more info. FolkSchool.org
Combining the beauty of a naturally shed Mule deer antler with artisan rib-style basket weaving, you will create a fanciful, functional Appalachian Antler Basket of your own design. Using a variety of colors and natural materials including vines, cordages, reeds, grasses and fibers, weave away the long weekend making a one-of-a-kind creation. Discussions of shapes […]
Mark will be teaching THE ART OF BROOM MAKING class at the John C. Campbell Folk school this April. Students will learn Broom Making from the ground up; sizing and processing broomcorn and handles, used to make a variety of brooms, from Whisks & Hearth Brooms to Floor Sweepers & Cobweb Besoms. For more information, […]
Mark will be assisting Pattie Bagley in this years WEAVE A PICNIC BASKET class, to be held at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Check the Folk School link for more info. FOLKSCHOOL.ORG
Mark will be joining the John C. Campbell Folk School for a lecture/demo at the 2018 MARYLAND SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL, in West Friendship Maryland. He will have Brooms for sale, and be demonstrating and retelling folklore and history of American Broom Making.
Mark Hendry will be a featured demonstrator in the Maker's Village section of the North Georgia Highlands Seafood Festival. Food, Music, Art & FUN for all!
Learn to harvest bark and fold into useful and beautiful baskets using the traditional techniques of our Appalachian Indian ancestors. Nothing goes to waste. Students will begin by hand-peeling Tulip Poplar bark from freshly cut logs we harvest from our property. This variety of tree is a rapid and prolific grower in this area, and […]
Spend a whirlwind weekend learning to craft various styles of handmade whisk brooms. Students will explore functional decorative whisk designs, uses of color and at least 4 different construction styles, to make a cache of whisks to take home, along with the know-how to create more on their own. These highly useful beautiful gems of […]
This 5 day immersion will whisk you beyond crafting the basic broom, into the Fine Art of Broom Making. Students will explore novel plaiting and stitching techniques, multiple headed brooms, techniques for adding dyed broomcorn, and brooms as sculptural pieces; for Art's sake! Functional & fanciful, great gifts for friends, family & home: multiple brooms […]
In this class, learn to harvest bark yourself and fold into useful, beautiful baskets using many of the traditional techniques taught by the Appalachian area Indians. You will discover how to use these nature made materials to craft several different styles of folded bark baskets. Incorporating other barks and natural materials, we will assemble, stitch […]
This 5 day immersion will whisk you beyond basic broomcraft, into the finer Art of broom making. Experienced broom making students will explore new & novel plaiting and stitching techniques, multiple headed brooms, techniques for adding and utilizing dyed broomcorn, and exploring brooms as sculptural pieces; for Art's sake! Functional & fanciful, great gifts for […]
Broom makers, Join us for a weekend class held at our studio located in the mountains of beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia. With a little whisk or broom making experience, you qualify to take this in-depth flight into creating fowl-inspired whisk styles, such as the Chicken-wing, Turkey-wing & Rooster Tail whisks! Some hand strength & prior […]
Come to the breathtaking 'Farm At World's End' in Esperance New York and join us for a 5-day immersion that will whisk you beyond crafting a basic broom, to an in-depth understanding of the finer Art and craft of Broom Making. Students attending this Saupia residency will learn all about growing, preparing and sorting broomcorn, […]
Get swept up for 5 days of in-depth exploring the traditional craft of Broom Making from the ground up. Students start out by harvesting seeded broomcorn tassels from the field and learn all about planting, harvesting, preparing and sorting broomcorn. Then we'll whittle and finish rough sticks into fine broom handles. Finally we'll plait a […]
Come to John C. Campbell Folk School set in the bucolic mountain town of Brasstown, North Carolina for Scottish Heritage Week, where Mark Hendry will be teaching the traditional skill of Artisan Willow Basketry. Explore the traditional skill of weaving willow basketry from the ground up! Using several varieties of basketry willow, we'll focus on […]
Join us at the Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association in beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia and spend a whirlwind weekend learning to craft various styles of handmade Appalachian inspired whisk brooms. You will learn 18th century broom making techniques sans machinery. Each day students will learn about the history and folklore of the broom and the […]
Join us at the beautifully bucolic Burritt On The Mountain, in Huntsville Alabama and get swept up for a wonderful 3-day weekend learning to craft various styles of stunning handmade whisk brooms. You will learn the historic handcraft of making brooms sans machinery, as in the 18th century. Each day students will explore fun, functional […]
Mark Hendry will be teaching a week long class on THE ART OF BROOM MAKING at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina this Fall. Students will experience traditional Appalachian Broom Making from the ground up as they sort & prep broomcorn, learn to harvest and finish handles, and explore various broom […]
It's the best of both worlds, brooms and baskets, when broom craftsman Mark Hendry teams up with bad-ass black ash basketeer Jo Ann Kelly Catsos for a wonderful week of Shaker inspired crafts, history and folklore at the renowned John C. Campbell Folk School in bucolic Brasstown, North Carolina. Weave with prepared black ash splint […]
Spend a weekend weaving in a winter wonderland of woven ornaments! Learn basic weaving skills with user friendly patterns and materials to create fun & fanciful seasonal ornaments for whatever winter holiday decor you might imagine. From stars and snowflakes to angels and reindeer, students will weave an assortment of ornaments to take home, along […]
Nature and artist collaborate, as students combine the beauty of natural shed deer antlers with artisan rib-style basket weaving. To start, students will create a fanciful & functional Appalachian Egg Basket using a shed mule deer antler as the base handle. Then, through class demonstrations and discussions exploring various drilling techniques on constructing more sculptural […]
Max will be assisting his dear friend and fellow willow enthusiast Talcon Quinn for a wonderful week of willow weaving with stake and strand basketry. Using willow grown at the school with cuttings from Max's willow farm and harvested during his harvest and weave class in January this past year, the students will weave a […]
Join Max Hendry and Jada Patterson in Cave Spring, Georgia for a magical week of learning and laughing as we explore the wonderful world of historic hand Broom Making. The annual Alton Holman Heritage Summer Camp will host young students for an immersive week of learning and laughing while making several styles of brooms, besoms […]