Hope Brown and Glen Brown with carvings

Hope Brown and Glen Brown with carvings

Artisans

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Hope and Glen Brown learned to carve from instructor Murrial Martin at the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1939 and 1940. They sold their carvings through the school's woodcarving cooperative which became known as the Brasstown Carvers. They created their own patterns and made them available to the Folk School for other carvers. Glenn is known for his geese, guinea fowl and many other birds. Hope, responsible for the design of most of their patterns, designed and carved everything from cardinals to mockingbirds, dolphins to Dobermans, and fish to tigers. 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

Kahn, Werner

John C. Campbell Folk School Records

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

1980/1989

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StillImage

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10-08-07

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Clay County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

5" x 7"(dimension)

Craft Revival