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7:18 Mike Skinner: Rawhide Braiding WAFolkArt 4,577 views 2 years ago Michael Skinner talks about rawhide braiding at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, WA. He shared his skills as part of the festival for the "With Our Hands: Wo...
2:25 Maria Gomez: Mexican Seamstress and Embroiderer WAFolkArt 442 views 2 years ago Maria Gomez is a master traditional Mexican embroiderer and seamstress. She grew up in Mexico where she learned to sew from her grandmother and aunt, who taught her to crea...
2:26 Maria Gomez: Master Mexican Seamstress WAFolkArt 2,273 views 3 years ago Maria Gomez is a master traditional Mexican embroiderer and seamstress. She grew up in Mexico where she learned to sew from her grandmother and aunt, who taught her to crea...
3:33 Marie Bakke Bremner: Traditional Norwegian Hardanger WAFolkArt 5,852 views 3 years ago Marie Bakke Bremner learned needlework at the age of five from her Norwegian immigrant mother. Bremmer continues the Norwegian tradition of Hardanger stitching and quilt de...
4:08 Nhia Yia Heu: Traditional Hmong Bamboo Baskets & Flutes WAFolkArt 1,375 views 3 years ago Nhia Yia Heu of Renton left his native Laos with his family in 1975 and settled in a refugee camp in Thailand. A member of the White Hmong Tribe of mountain people, he bega...
7:45 Genoveva Castellanoz: Part II WAFolkArt 547 views 3 years ago Genoveva Castellanoz was born in Central Mexico and moved at an early age to Texas. She became versed in many traditional Mexican crafts including making paper flowers, cro...
5:46 Genoveva Castellanoz: Part I WAFolkArt 729 views 3 years ago Genoveva Castellanoz was born in Central Mexico and moved at an early age to Texas. She became versed in many traditional Mexican crafts including making paper flowers, cro...
7:18 Michael Skinner: Rawhide Braiding WAFolkArt 15,419 views 3 years ago Michael Skinner grew up in a cattle ranch in Jordan Valley, Oregon and now lives in Kirkland. During his childhood he was able to observe the hired hands braiding rawhide a...
8:36 Chainsaw Sculptor Dennis Chastain WAFolkArt 459 views 3 years ago Chainsaw sculptor Dennis Chastain, a former logger and shake-splitter, operates a shop in the Bogachiel Valley on the Olympic Peninsula. Dennis has become known as one of t...
8:20 Husniyeh Kouttainay: Palestinian Needlework WAFolkArt 1,084 views 3 years ago Husniyeh Kouttainay, a Palestinian from Seattle, has a commitment to teaching people about Arab culture and the Middle East. One of the ways she gets people to better under...

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Videos of master traditional artists from Washington State. Musicians, dancers, singers, craft artists, storytellers, and many other folk artists who have worked with the Washington State Arts Commission's Folk Arts Program.

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