This photograph is part of a series of eight that chronicles the community-led construction of the Log Museum on the campus of the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926. The Brendle Cabin from Clay County and the Caldwell Cabin from Cherokee County…
This donkey carved in apple wood is a rare example of a carving made by Marguerite Butler Bidstrup. Educated at Vassar, Marguerite Butler came south to teach at Kentucky's Pine Mountain Settlement School. She traveled to Denmark with Olive Campbell…
Born in Pelzer, South Carolina, Martha Coffee came to the Brasstown area in 1930 and learned to carve from Murrial Martin, woodcarving instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Coffee sold her carvings through the school's woodcarving…
This photograph depicts Dexter Dockery and wife Hazel Dockery carving in their home. Dexter learned to carve under Murray Martin and Jack Hall at the John C. Campbell Folk School. After years of sanding Dexter's carvings, Hazel learned to carve…
This photograph shows Doris Reece carving small animals. Known as Dot Reece or "Mamma Dot," Doris Reese was first exposed to woodcarving through her neighbors Hope and Glen Brown who carved and sold their work through the woodcarving cooperative…
Carmen Beaver Fleming (1919-1995) started carving in 1937. She was self taught, encouraged initially by her brother, Nolan Beaver, and other family members. She sold her work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative known as the Brasstown…
This photograph depicts Helen Gibson starting to carve on a blank. Gibson learned to carve under John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Murrial Martin and took additional lessons from Jack Hall. She has sold her work through the school's…
This picture shows woodcarver Ruth Fleming Hawkins sitting on her front porch. Hawkins was born near Hayesville, North Carolina and started carving when she was 20 years old. She sold her work through the John C. Campbell Folk School's woodcarving…
This photograph shows J.A. Morris carving on the porch. Morris began carving in the 1940s. He studied under Murray Martin, one of the Folk School's first carving instructors. His first carvings were in apple, but he also carved in black walnut and…
Brasstown Carver Martha Shaw Jordan Coffey (1916-2004) spent most of her childhood in upstate South Carolina before moving to the Brasstown area with her parents. She learned how to carve in 1968 when she was given an elephant napkin ring and she…