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(left to right) Three unidentified women, Georg Bidstrup, and Murray Martin at a craft fair booth featuring woodcarvings made by the Brasstown Carvers.

Two unidentified women staffing a John C. Campbell Folk School booth at a craft fair. Most of the items on display are woodcarvings by the Brasstown Carvers.

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…

Two unidentified women work on woodcarvings or finish carvings made by the Brasstown Carvers, sitting in either a carving studio or part of the John C. Campbell Folk School Craft Department.

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

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

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.

A group of Brasstown Carvers stands in front of the sign for the Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands. (left to right) Jack Hall, Murray Martin, Lou Cable, Abalee Ivester, Ben Hall.

Murray Martin sits at a table, holding a woodcarving of a goose. Murrial "Murray" Galt Martin (1902-2005) came to John C. Campbell Folk School in the early 1930s and in 1935 became the carving instructor there. In this position, she oversaw the…