Meet 2023 Heritage Award Recipient 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. Neal 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. Get more information about the May 31 award ceremony here: pinecone.org/event/2023-north-c…a-heritage-awards/ Be sure to like and subscribe to Arts Across NC wherever you get your podcasts!