Carolina Quotes
But I can say very truthfully today that you have to have a lot of patience. You have to have a lot of interest in carrying on the tradition. It requires patience and dedication in order to make these baskets because it's a slow process.
Mary Jackson Carolinian
Source
Interview with Josephine Reed, National Endowment for the Arts, on being named a 2010 National Heritage Fellow for sweetgrass basketmaking
- form
- interview
- work
- NEA National Heritage Fellowship interview
- year
- 2010
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