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5/26/2009
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Cousins Turn Traditional Broom-Making Into An Art Form
Author: Mary Louise Speer Source: Quad-City Times (IA)
Title: COUSINS TURN TRADITIONAL BROOM-MAKING INTO AN ART FORM
Bits of straw blew as Daniel Jepsen of Great River Brooms lowered a steel blade and trimmed the uneven ends of a kitchen broom in the making.
Jepsen, a farmer in Miles, Iowa, and his cousin, Larry Jepsen, of Clinton, Iowa, are experts when it comes to the art of making brooms. They demonstrated their skills Monday during Heritage Days at the Dan Nagle Walnut Grove Pioneer Village at Scott County Park, Long Grove.
The sturdy broom-making equipment the Jepsens use goes back to the Victorian era, but the brooms they make serve a practical purpose for the 21st century — from sweeping tiled surfaces to getting pesky cobwebs off ceilings. The cousins segued into their broom-making activities in 1988 as an attraction at Threshing Days in Miles, Iowa.
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| I'm Sure | May 26th. at 3:23:30 pm EDT
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Ursyl (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
that those are very sturdy brooms, but they lost me at the mention of wire.
The making of brooms is an art, but if you want Real ART in the form of a broom, Friendswood Brooms (easily found by searching that name) is the place to go. They take broom art to a whole new level, many of their designs maintaining usefulness as well.
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