Woodcarving: duck

Woodcarving: duck

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

These carved duck is a rare example of work made by Murrial (Murray) Galt Martin (1902-2005) who taught carving at the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1935 until 1973. The piece, exact date unknown, is carved from apple wood and sanded to a smooth finish; this duck is typical of work produced at the Folk School. A young Murrial Galt was working as an occupational therapist at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. when she was recruited to come to the Folk School to teach. She met and married Dub Martin, a local man, and remained at the Folk School for the rest of her life. She died in 2005 at the age of 102. During her tenure at the Folk School, Martin drew designs on blocks of wood that the school got free from the Tennessee Valley Authority as they cleared land for rural electrification. The Brasstown Carvers can trace their beginnings to 1929 when a local craft guild was organized in cooperation with the John C. Campbell Folk School. By the mid 1930s, craft production at the school focused on carving and, by the 1950s, the group became known as the Brasstown Carvers. Today's Brasstown Carvers, some of them second and third generation makers from the same families as the original carvers, continue to produce work for the school's sales shop.

Martin, Murrial Galt, 1902-2005

Artifact Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

15464

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2008-10-23

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Clay County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

3" x 1.5" x 1"(dimension)

Craft Revival