A sweetgrass basketmaker weaves history and heritage into the culture of the Lowcountry

A sweetgrass basketmaker weaves history and heritage into the culture of the Lowcountry

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and preserves it. A native of the Long Point Road area, Alston didn’t grow up making baskets. Instead, he married into the art form 23 years ago. “I wasn’t raised as a sweetgrass basketmaker,” Alston said. “But I married into a fifth-generation family of…