Handmade: White Oak Basketry In Cannon County Tennessee (Evan Hatch and Jacob Smithson, 2011)

This documentary video was produced as a component of an exhibit at the Arts Center of Cannon County about the area’s basketry tradition, which is among America’s most significant local folk craft legacies. Topics covered include history of the tradition and some of its masters, harvesting and processing of white oak materials, techniques and aesthetics of the craft, outstanding baskets from the ACCC collection, and a white oak co-op project making materials available to surviving makers. The Society also published extensive documentation of Cannon County basketry in the 2010 and 2012 volumes of the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin.