Make Your Own Floor Broom: a Northwind Art workshop

Here's a rare opportunity to learn how to construct a functional floor broom that is also a piece of art! We'll start the morning with a short introduction to broom-making and its history across cultures. Your teacher is Dan Hawkins of Portland, Oregon, an expert woodworker and broom maker.

Then we'll select our fibers, and while they're in buckets soaking and softening, we'll shape our wooden handles from blanks Dan provides. After lunch, with the handles shaped, we'll jump into the process of adding the sweeping head using the pre-soaked sorghum. From this workshop, you'll walk away with at least one completed broom, along with the ability to make more of them in the future. Space is limited, so sign up well in advance at NorthwindArt.org.