Woodcarving: possum family

Woodcarving: possum family

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Sue McClure was a carver who specialized in animal carvings and preferred to use apple wood. These carved possums, however, are made from walnut, a particularly difficult wood to carve. McClure learned to carve at the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1945 and sold her work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. McClure's preference was apple wood, a wood that was abundant when the Tennessee Valley Authority cleared land, including local orchards, for rural electrification. Although apple is a very hard wood, its grain is smooth.

Brasstown Carvers

McClure, Sue

Artifact Collection

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

1940/1969

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

14897

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2007-10-08

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Clay County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

4" x 9" x 2"(dimension)

Craft Revival