South Carolina ETV friends and family have lost a dear friend and a very talented videographer.
Jimmie Dinkins was a videographer at ETV for many years. His enormous talent and his well-honed skills remain with us in the extraordinary content he created over his many years at South Carolina ETV.
We have a few remembrances of Jimmie we'd like to share with you.
Bentwood Trellis & Kudzu Basketry
We have to look no further than the ETV employee parking lot for inspiration for making a Bentwood Trellis and Kudzu Vine Basket. There, when he isn't on a television shoot, you will likely find Jimmie Dinkins' truck, laden with vines, full of baskets, and one of his own mounted, bentwood chairs. The truck is a bit of roving accessible art for all of us and a statement of Jimmie's continuing delight and wonder in the creative process.
To see videos and learn more about Jimmie Dinkins and his folk art, click on the links below.
1- A Natural State - Spotlight - Jimmie Dinkins
2- A Natural State - Gadsden, S.C
3- A Natural State - Nature and Farm Life
4- A Natural State - Art Outside the Box
5- A Natural State - Materials
6- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis
7- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis
8- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis
9- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis
10- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis
11- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
12- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
13- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
14- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
15- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
16- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
17- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
18- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket
19- Jimmie Dinkins - Congaree Swamp Stories
PHOTO: Jimmy Dinkins of the South Carolina ETV staff checks his camera before taping one of the SECA-NAEB convention meetings.