Local Artist Crafts Giant Sweetgrass Basket for SC Museum

Local artist crafts giant sweetgrass basket for SC museum

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) -  The South Carolina State Museum unveiled Thursday morning what is believed to be the largest sweetgrass basket ever created. The hands and heart behind the 5-foot-tall and 5-foot-wide basket is renowned Gullah Geechee artist and Mount Pleasant native Corey Alston. The sweetgrass basket was named "Big Percy." Commissioned by the museum, [...]

‘Big Percy’ basket makes BIG debut at State Museum

There are big sweetgrass baskets, but then there is Mount Pleasant artisan Corey Alston’s BIG sweetgrass basket that was unveiled Feb. 19 at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia. The post ‘Big Percy’ basket makes BIG debut at State Museum appeared first on Charleston City Paper.

S.C. State Museum unveils new sweetgrass basket

Sweetgrass weaving has been a labor of love for generations.

Gullah Geechee Artist Corey Alston unveils Big Percy

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Sweetgrass baskets are part of the cultural history of South Carolina and now there is a big example of one at the SC State Museum. This morning, Thurs, Feb. 19,  museum officials and Gullah Geechee Artist Corey Alston unveiled Big Percy. Alston says it is the largest sweetgrass basket he has ever created. Big Percy will be on display in the museum’s Lipscomb Art Gallery now through the end of September. Categories: L…