Artist: Darryl Stoneworth | Location: Mount Pleasant, SC
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Artist: Darryl Stoneworth | Location: Mount Pleasant, SC
Mount Pleasant, SC
I not a native of South Carolina. I was born and raised on a small island in the northern part of the U.S. - Manhattan. However, Mount Pleasant, SC was my mother's home. I came down to care for her and my father in their golden years. As a child, on Palm Sunday of each year, my mother would play a trick on me by giving me a piece of palm leaf and say, "In my home, they make baskets out of this! Here, make a basket!" The trick was, she never told me l of the other materials that went into the making of a sweetgrass basket or even how to begin. And then came Angela and the avenue to create sweetgrass baskets. I met Angela in March of 1996 on my first day in S.C. As most love stories go, we fell in love and were married three years later. I created a new way of designing my sweetgrass baskets by incorporating patterns in the baskets I create using the same materials traditional sweetgrass baskets are made of. If Mom could only see me now!!!
Artist Website
www.dnabaskets.com