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Craft in America

Schroeder Cherry's African Puppets

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Kiowa beadwork artist Teri Greeves

Kiowa beadwork artist Teri Greeves

Kiowa beadwork artist Teri Greeves follows and updates the Kiowa tradition of beadwork, to tell the story of the American Indian, both contemporary and historical. Her works include beaded books, jewelry, and even high top sneakers! Segment from the ORIGINS episode
Garcia Art Glass holiday ornaments

Garcia Art Glass holiday ornaments

Garcia Art Glass was founded by Gini Garcia in 1998 and is now a family-run hot glass design and fabrication studio that specializes in one-of-a-kind blown glass lighting and sculpture. Master Glassblowers Gerardo Muñoz and Dora Garcia coax molten glass into cheerful ornaments. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode
Menorah maker Susan Garson

Menorah maker Susan Garson

Ceramic artist Susan Garson utilizes hand building along with her skills as a painter to create functional objects in clay. Garson demonstrates how to build your own menorah to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode.
National Gingerbread Competition

National Gingerbread Competition

Each year, contestants from across the country bring their unique architectural gingerbread masterpieces to The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC, where competition is at the highest level and everyone is a winner at the National Gingerbread House Competition. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode
Christmas at the Biltmore House

Christmas at the Biltmore House

The Biltmore House, built in 1895, is a magnificent estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is the largest privately owned home in the United States. At Christmas, the grand home is adorned with decorations and mementos that hint at timeless holidays of a glorious bygone age to memorialize the
Papel Picado artist Kathleen Trenchard

Papel Picado artist Kathleen Trenchard

Kathleen Trenchard has researched and worked in traditional Mexican papel picado (punched paper) ever since the early ‘90s when she was introduced to the technique in Huixcolotla, Mexico. Her work explores contemporary designs, applications and materials suitable for cut work using hammer and chisel. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode
Isabel & Enrique Sanchez make tamales

Isabel & Enrique Sanchez make tamales

Isabel and Enrique Sánchez have been active in the Chicano pride movement which started in San Antonio in the late 1960s. They continue to pass on family traditions and culture to their children and grandchildren. Every Christmas, they hand make tamales with their family to celebrate Navidad. Segment from the
Wood figure carver Harley Refsal

Wood figure carver Harley Refsal

Harley Refsal is an internationally recognized figure carver, specializing in Scandinavian flat-plane wood carving. Refsal teaches a Scandinavian wood carving class at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode
Eugene Burks and Caisson at Arlington National Cemetery

Eugene Burks and Caisson at Arlington National Cemetery

Senior Horse Tack Specialist Eugene Burks Jr and Caissons at Arlington National Cemetery segment from the SERVICE episode. Eugene Burks Jr. is a 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and a saddler. Burks learned many aspects of his leather craft from his grandmother, a dressmaker.