Loretta Richardson Sweet Grass Basket Making Analysis
The artist that I chose to center my recreation around is Loretta Richardson. Mrs. Richardson was born and raised in Mt. Pleasant South Carolina and specializes in sweet grass basket-making. This artist along with this form of art is very special to me because one, the artist is my maternal grandmother and secondly her artwork is part of my heritage. Sweet grass basket making is a traditional form of art that has been passed down through both sides of my family for a long time. It has been part of Charleston and Mt. Pleasant communities (which is where a lot of my family is located from both sides) for more than three hundred years. (Jackson) This type of art was actually brought to the United States by slaves from West Africa and now has