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John C. Campbell Folk School display booth at the 1966 Asheville Craftsman's Fair, selling carvings made by the Brasstown Carvers.

John C. Campbell Folk School display booth, likely at the Asheville Craftsman's Fair, selling carvings made by the Brasstown Carvers.

A "carving day" at John C. Campbell Folk School, April 1965, with Brasstown Carvers gathered to bring carvings to the Craft Shop and learn more about their craft. Left to right are Sue McClure, Murray Martin, Glenn Brown, Hope Brown, and Jack Hall.

Two-dimensional angel carvings, probably made by Ruth Hawkins. Ruth Fleming Hawkins (1917-unknown) began carving at age 20, at a time when there were few women among the Brasstown Carvers. Her attention to quality and detail brought great demand for…

Apprentice woodcarvers with mentor Helen Gibson at John C. Campbell Folk School, 1990. Front row, left to right: Susan Freeman; Helen Gibson; Cindy Rogers; Ethel Wiggins. Back row, left to right: Jeffrey Freeman; Albert Martin; Jason Guli; Eddie…

A Brasstown Carver works on carving a figurine of St. Francis of Assisi.

Group of people gathered in front of the Log Cabin Museum at John C. Campbell Folk School, looking at carvings made by the Brasstown Carvers. The carvings sit on a bench from Fred O. Scroggs' store. Olive Dame Campbell saw men whittling directly on…

John C. Campbell Folk School woodcarving apprentices Ethel Wiggins and Cindy Rogers stand with a display of relief woodcarvings, March 1990.

Two men stand in front of a museum display of Brasstown Carver carvings and photographs.

Mary Lou Carpenter (standing) and an unidentified woman with two Brasstown Carvers carvings. Mary Lou and her husband Jack Carpenter were both Brasstown Carvers. Mary Lou also worked at John C. Campbell Folk School for many years, beginning in the…