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Peter Frank Edwards
My aunt Linda used to tell me, Nobody has to make a basket.
I was 5 or 6 years old, but I was determined.
Credit:Peter Frank Edwards
Incoastal South Carolina, that meant using a combination of bulrush and split oak.
For a time, Cayetano-Jefferson also gave up making them.
I didnt want sweetgrass baskets to define me, she says.
Credit:Peter Frank Edwards
She picked up the art again while working as a caregiver for a woman with dementia.
recalls the artist, whos pictured above with her daughter, Chelsea.
Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson
My baskets will always, forever be my babies.
Everythings done with love, she says.
I want to shine a light on the Gullah Geechee culture, she explains.
In order for our communities to thrive, our arts have to thrive.
