Watch the process of broom making by Guild Maker, Marlow Gates.
"I started learning broom making from my father, Ralph Gates, in 1977. Ralph learned from guild member, Lee Ogle, in 1972. My father, an areospace engineer, took us all on a vacation to the Smokies and met Mr. Ogle at his broom shop out on Glades road just outside of Gatlinburg. My father fell in love with broom making and the mountains right then and there. Two weeks later, Dad tendered his official resignation to NASA and we moved to the mountains to make brooms." - Marlow Gates
Video Credit: Guild Member, Diana Gates