This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Murrial Martin, know as Murray Martin, talking about how the Brasstown Carvers got started at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. Martin taught woodcarving at the…
This talk was given by Olive Dame Campbell at the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers meeting in the spring of 1929. Here Campbell describes how representatives of seven mountain craft centers met at Penland, North Carolina in December 1928 to…
The pattern name of this black and white image is a variation of Poor Man’s Damask and is similar to another pattern known as Queen’s Delight. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.17 Sugar Loaf, Union Co., Tenn. Probably previous to 1810." The…
The pattern name of this black and white image is Lover’s Knot with a Pine Tree Border. The back of this photograph is marked: “No.18 Lover's Knot, Somerset Co. Pa. Double woven." The source of the name Lover’s Knot is unknown. A double woven textile…
The pattern name of this black and white image is Irish Chain. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.21, Irish Chain No.1, Somerset Co., Pa. Double woven." A double woven textile uses two complete sets of warp and weft that interlace. Double…
The pattern name of this black and white image is Irish Chain. A variation of the name is Star and Rose with Pine Tree Border. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.21 1/2, Irish Chain No.2, Somerset Co., Pa. Double woven." A double woven…
The pattern name of this black and white image is Sixteen Snowballs or "No.23, 16 Snowballs, Franklin Co. Va." The back of this photograph is actually marked “No.22, "Sunrise" or "The Walls of Troy" Franklin Co., Va." However, the unidentified…
The pattern name of this black and white image is Sunrise or “No.22, "Sunrise" or "The Walls of Troy" Franklin Co., Va." The back of this photograph is actually marked: "No.23, 16 Snowballs, Franklin Co. Va." However, the unidentified transcriber…
This black and white image shows a variation of a weave pattern known as Cat Tracks and Snail Trail, identified here by the name Old Roads. The circles are said to resemble a cat’s paw, or snowball, while the diagonal undulating lines resemble snail…
This color image is a close-up of a weave pattern known as Catalpa Flower, a name likely derived from its resemblance, real or imagined, to the flower of the Catalpa, or Catawba, tree that is native to the southern region of the United States. See…