According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo period, which ended in 1868, in the area’s hot-spring villages, where ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A volunteer at a historic Harford County mill that once ground corn into meal is teaching today’s ...

On Super Bowl Sunday, Psycho Santa, Noddy from New Orleans, Madame Curry of the Spokane Opera, a mermaid named Splash and half a dozen others were conceived in the front room of Shear Illusions Salon ...

Florence Aferi learned to crochet at the hands of her mother when she was around 12, but her adolescent years brought on a whole new adventure, so she traded in her hook (needle) for doing “teenage ...

A new short documentary shows Kate Charles, a sculptor who crafts elaborate and hyperrealistic babies known as "Reborn Dolls," at work. “Dollhouse,” a short film by LA-based director duo Terri Timely, ...

Three words can describe Kituza. Mother, refugee and survivor. There’s another term that speaks to her creativity and resilience: doll maker. Kituza began making dolls to earn money to support her ...