Weaving a Presence Sonshine Baskets Offers Handwoven Creations Writer / Angela Cornell Photographer / Jubilee Edgell
Basket weaving is one of the oldest practices known to mankind. Until the industrial revolution, it was a necessary trade for cultures around the world. Since then, it has become an increasingly rare art form, although still admired for its uniqueness. Sonshine Baskets, owned by Vernon and Elma Lehman of Millersburg, keeps basket weaving alive. Although the Lehmans have only owned the business for about a
year and a half, they have already gained popularity among their clients. “It’s intriguing to the people to see you actually making a basket,” Vernon says. “I would have been the same way a few years ago because I never would have dreamed that I’d be a basket maker. But it’s been interesting and we enjoy it.” Sonshine Baskets originated with some family friends who taught the Lehmans’ daughter, Nadine, how to weave. “They wanted to sell because their daughters were
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