Corine Pearce on Pomo baskets
Pomo basket weaver Corine Pearce and Grace Hudson Museum Curator Sherrie Smith-Ferri on basket weaving. Preview from the CALIFORNIA episode. PBS premiere December 21, 2018.
Corine Pearce is a Pomo basket weaver from Redwood Valley, CA. Throughout the history of the Pomo people, baskets were the essential tool of life and Pomo baskets are among the best in the world by fact of their sheer technical virtuosity. Corine has dedicated her life to sharing her specialized knowledge and abilities with people throughout the world as well as by teaching her community at the Redwood Valley Education Center.