This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This candleholder is wall mounted and supports four candles. Born in the Green Cove section of Brasstown, Cantrell came to the folk…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This triple candleholder is a traditional design and resembles candleholders made by North Carolina smith Daniel Boone VI. Born in the…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This triple candleholder is a traditional design and resembles candleholders made by North Carolina smith Daniel Boone VI. Born in…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This triple candleholder is a traditional design and resembles candleholders made by North Carolina smith Daniel Boone VI. Born in the…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School This single candlestick is an upright twisted form with a detached candle cup. Born in the Green Cove section of Brasstown, Cantrell…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This trivet/grille is decorated with "JCCFS," the initials of the John C. Campbell Folk School and the date, "1937." Born in the…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This single candleholder is supported by an S-shaped scroll. Born in the Green Cove section of Brasstown, Cantrell came to the folk…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This strap hinge is textured and split to form a modified scroll. Born in the Green Cove section of Brasstown, Cantrell came to the…
This ironwork was made by Oscar Cantrell (1901-1993), a blacksmith who taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School. With their long necks, these two animals look like they may be giraffes. While animals were a favorite theme of the Brasstown carvers,…
This 1930s-era map, showing the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's marketing centers, was drawn by Olive Campbell's niece, June Coolidge Cary. Cary taught art and design at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1938 through the early 1940s. These…