Max Hendry Mountain Heritage Historic Handcraft
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Olive's Porch in Murphy, North Carolina is offering a week of summer youth programs. On July 14th, Max will be teaching 2 one-day handbroom classes for youth ages 9-15 interested […]
Get whisked away for a whirlwind weekend crafting various historic Shaker, Appalachian & Asian style hand brooms. Join Max in the NC mountains of Brasstown at the renowned John Campbell […]
Join Max Hendry at his studio in beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia and get swept up in a week of exploring the magical art of traditional 18th century Broom Making. Students […]
Mark is proud to join the staff of fine artists & craftsman teaching at Arrowmont's Legacy Weekend. In continuation of its service to Art Educators and Administration and to the […]
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 […]