Crafting brooms has become a family affair with Thiessen’s oldest son, Ivan, and daughter-in-law Sherill from Spencer, Iowa, coming to work in the shop during the show. Son- in-law Loren Hicks has ...

Check out these easy to follow homemade broom making instructions. Get a list of all the handmade broom making supplies you will need! Sweeping with a handmade broom can connect you with the long ...

The Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site is trying to keep a bygone craft from being swept under the rug. In 1890, Territorial Prison inmates built a broom factory within the prison’s walls.

Making a beautiful homemade broom is easy, fun, and practical. Start building your skills by making this DIY hearth broom from broomcorn, then move up to larger brooms. You can make your own brooms!

SELMER – Jack Martin made his first broom as a child in his grandfather’s old broom shop in Selmer. “He made me put it together and take it apart probably 11 times,” Martin said. “But I never knew how ...

I swept my porch yesterday with a natural corn broom. It’s a marvel and has barely changed since the first brooms were made. My modern broom still is a bundle of flexible “stems” held together around ...

Broom Maker Ron DuMoulin shows how he binds the broom corn by hand stitching it. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt) WELLSVILLE — Ron DuMoulin, also known as The Village Broom Maker, discovered his ...

Broomcorn harvesting used to be a major part of the U.S. agriculture industry before being swept away in the 1990s, but one Kentucky craftsperson is looking to bring it back. Artisan broom-maker ...