Carmen Fleming portrait

Carmen Fleming portrait

Artisans

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Women

Carmen Beaver Fleming (1919-1995) started carving in 1937. She was self taught, encouraged initially by her brother, Nolan Beaver, and other family members. She sold her work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative known as the Brasstown Carvers. Carmen created rabbits, wrens, chickens, and geese with outstretched wings. Her favorite wood was buckeye. Her most difficult commission was carving seven hundred donkey napkin rings in cherry and black walnut for the National Democratic Convention held in Atlanta. This photograph was taken from a booklet published by the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1990 titled "The Brasstown Carvers" with text by Bill Biggers, photographs by Werner Kahn and Bill Biggers.

Biggers, Bill

John C. Campbell Folk School Records

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

1980/1989

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portraits

StillImage

15299

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10-08-07

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Clay County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

7" x 5"(dimension)

Craft Revival