Story of the Brasstown Carvers...the Oldest and the Youngest

Story of the Brasstown Carvers...the Oldest and the Youngest

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft -- Social aspects

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

In the early 1930s, the John C. Campbell Folk School taught woodcarving and also managed a carving cooperative that sold the work of local carvers, providing a needed source of income to many local families. This cooperative eventually became known as the Brasstown Carvers. This 1963 brochure focuses on the success of the Brasstown Carvers as a lucrative means of supplementing a farm income, as well as bringing joy to the carver. More than merely instruction of a craft, the meetings of the carvers would turn to discussion on community affairs and the world at large. Extending beyond Brasstown, carvers were drawn from near-by communities of Warne, Gum Log, Pine Log, and Martins Creek. Under the skillful instruction of Murrial "Murray" Martin, popular carvings such as mules, dogs, cats, sheep, geese, and creche figures were produced and sold to markets nationwide.

Brasstown Carvers

John C. Campbell Folk School

John C. Campbell Folk School Records

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

1963

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publications (documents)

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14845

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2008-01-08

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

6.5" x 3.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival