Meet 2023 Heritage Award Honoree Neal Thomas
In this episode, we head to Wendell, NC, just east of Raleigh, where Neal Thomas has been making white oak baskets for more than half a century.\n\nNeal and his brothers learned to make traditional white oak baskets from a man in Johnston County named Herman Holder, but today he is one of very few basket makers left who still harvests his own wood from trees and prepares each splint by hand.\n\nGet more information about the May 31 award ceremony here: https://pinecone.org/event/2023-north-carolina-heritage-awards/\n\nBe sure to like and subscribe to Arts Across NC wherever you get your podcasts!