Anita Cheek Moon
Anita Cheek Moon has devoted much of her life to preserving the environment, honoring the past, and preserving the traditions, skills, and crafts of earlier generations. She is a full time writer/educator that lives in a rural area in Western Kentucky.
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BS- Biology from Florida State University, graduate work in anthropologyInterests
education, culture, environment, ecology, self sufficiency, homesteading, Native American skills and crafts and other so-called "primitive" skills and craftsMotto
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How to Harvest and Prepare Wisteria Runners to Make a BasketThe author explains how to harvest and prepare wisteria runners for use in basketry. -
How to Make Native American Style Open-Fired Pottery with No Special Tools or KilnsComplete instructions for making and open firing a clay pot. Open firing eliminates the need for expensive equipment and the result is just as beautiful and functional as more modern methods.
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How to Use a Bead Loom: Directions for Beading on a Native American Style Beading LoomThis article introduces the bead loom and its parts. Complete instructions are provided on how to bead on a loom starting with warping the loom and continuing with how to lock the beads in place and cut the project off the bead loom.
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How to Make a Bead Loom Using Nothing but a Stick, Cardboard and ThreadThis article teaches you to make a simple yet completely usable traditional Native American beading loom using materials you have right in your home. -
Needle Felting Instead of Darning: How to Darn Socks Using a Felting Needle and WoolThis article provides complete instructions for darning socks using the innovative technique of needle felting.
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How to Needle Felt Animals, Hats or Practically Anything Using Felting NeedlesA complete guide to needle felting. Directions are provided for producing a flat piece of felt and a three-dimensional object like a human or animal figure using felting needles, wool roving, llama, alpaca, and other animal fibers. -
Boiled Peanuts: a Southern Thing?Boiled peanuts are a delicious snack so why does it seem that only Southerners appreciate them? -
Adventure in Sericulture: Bitten by a Silkworm BugThe arrival of one-thousand silkworm eggs leaves the author tending to the needs of hundreds of insatiable eating machines.