Penland Weavers and Potters, Department of Appalachian School

Penland Weavers and Potters, Department of Appalachian School

Adult education

Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.)

Handicraft

Handicraft -- Vocational guidance

Penland School of Crafts

Penland School of Handicrafts

Penland Weavers and Potters

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This promotional brochure was written by Bonnie Willis Ford, in 1934. It gives an historical overview of the founding of the Penland Weavers and Potters and its impact on the surrounding community, the effect of the depression on the organization, Edward Worst and the establishment of the summer Weaving Institutes, and fund raising efforts for the Worst Craft House. The cover illustration was derived from a photograph of May Gouge taken by Bayard Wootten, ca. 1926-1928. The photograph was rendered into a woodcut and used as the logo for Penland School of Handicrafts until the early 1960s. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established.

Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.)

Ford, Bonnie Willis, 1907-1976

Penland Weavers and Potters

Penland Weavers and Potters Records

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

1934

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publications (documents)

eng

Text

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2006-04

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Mitchell County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

5.25" x 3.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival