Gullah sweetgrass bread basket with handles; 
sweetgrass and longleaf pine;
handmade original, signed.
4" deep, 12" long (15" long with handles), 11" wide

Corey Alston is a fifth Generation Gullah Geechee artist, maker, and cultural leader. 

To hold a Gullah sweetgrass basket in your hands is to hold culture, history (both sweet and terrible), place, and human ingenuity and imagination in your hands. You can smell the sweetgrass, the coastal dunes, the earthy pines, and the deeply intertwined endeavor and DNA of thousands of years of humanity. From West Africa to the Low Country of the US.

Corey Alston has been recognized at the local, state, and national levels, receiving numerous awards and proudly displaying his art across the United States. His basketry is in the collections of the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History in DC, and the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC. One of his family's baskets was gifted to President and Mrs. Joe Biden from the City of Charleston.

“As a 5th generation sweetgrass weaver, my family and I practice the centuries-old cultural art of sweetgrass basket weaving from my home in the historic community of Mt. Pleasant, outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Gullah Culture and education are passions for me, and I regularly conduct educational seminars to spread the message and importance of Gullah Culture with local communities, the state, and the country.” 
                                                                                                                                         - Corey Alston

Find out more about Corey and his basketry and cultural advocacy work online:
https://thegullahculture.com/
and in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corey_alston_sweetgrassbasket/