Quentin Clayton with carving

Quentin Clayton with carving

Appalachians (People)

Artisans

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This photograph of Quentin Clayton carving a duck was taken by Doris Ulmann in the Brasstown, N.C. area, in the summer of 1933. Eleanor Roosevelt purchased one of Clayton's carvings at the Mountain Handicrafts exhibit sponsored by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in Washington, D.C. in 1933. Clayton's family was active in the formation and early activities of the John C. Campbell Folk School. Clayton learned to carve at the Folk School in 1933 and most likely carved for the school's woodcarving cooperative that later became known as the Brasstown Carvers. Clayton also attended classes at the Folk School in 1937. Clayton's name has also been spelled Quenton Clayton and Quinton Clayton.

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934

Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1933

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 6"(dimension)

Craft Revival