Woodcarving: crèche camel

Woodcarving: crèche camel

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This camel in buckeye was carved by Jack Hall (1920-1984) as part of a collaborative nativity scene. Murrial Martin, a teacher at the John C. Campbell Folk School, originally designed crèche figures to be made by different carvers, each crèche set was a collaborative effort. Jack Hall was born into a family of carvers living in the Warne community east of Brasstown. His father, A. Ben Hall, and uncles, John and Elisha, were well-respected carvers. With carving all around him, Jack began to try his hand at carving when he was just 11 years old. He carved throughout the 1930s and 1940s and sold his work through the John C. Campbell Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. He was an assistant to John C. Campbell Folk School carving teacher Murrial Martin and, upon her retirement in the 1973, took over as carving instructor at the school.

Brasstown Carvers

Hall, Jack, 1920-1984

Artifact Collection

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

1930/1979

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

14905

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/14905

2007-10-08

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Clay County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

4" x 6" x 2"(dimension)

Craft Revival