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Brasstown Carver Jay A. Morris (1915-1996) began carving during the Great Depression, learning from Murray Martin. He was most known for his rabbit and squirrel carvings, though during World War II he also carved “GI Joe” figures with servicemen’s…

Brasstown Carver Helen Gibson has been carving since she was a child. She began learning from her mother, Dorothy (Dot) Payne McClure (1922-1958), and from her neighbors Fannie Ivester and Martha Coffey. Helen also took many classes from Jack Hall.…

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…

Hope Caler Brown (1915-2005) began carving with her husband Glenn around 1940. She carved the first cat as well as the first infant Jesus crèche figure for the Brasstown Carvers. She modeled her figurines of children on the couple's own eight…

Two women at a table filled with the woodcarvings created by the Brasstown Carvers in two weeks' time, 1938.

Woodcarvings by the Brasstown Carvers on display in the Keith House of John C. Campbell Folk School.

Two carved deer and two carved pheasants, with other woodcarvings made by the Brasstown Carvers in the background.

Woodcarvings by the Brasstown Carvers on display in a window.

Large statue of St. Francis of Assisi on display with carvings of deer, all made by the Brasstown Carvers, with other handcrafts exhibited behind them.

John C. Campbell Folk School Craft Shop inventory of woodcarvings made by the Brasstown Carvers.