Jack Carpenter sawing woodblocks

Dublin Core

Title

Jack Carpenter sawing woodblocks

Subject

Brasstown Carvers
John C. Campbell Folk School
Wood-carvers
Wood-carving -- Equipment and supplies

Description

Brasstown Carver Jack Carpenter saws woodblocks to use for carving, c. 1975. Jack Carpenter (b. 1933) grew up in Robbinsville, NC. He first came to John C. Campbell Folk School as a woodcarving student in the 1950s. Jack worked in the Folk School's woodshop for decades, primarily cutting wood blocks into rough shapes for the Brasstown Carvers.

Source

Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) Collection

Date

1975

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

photographs

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

72659
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72659

Spatial Coverage

Brasstown (N.C.)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

“Jack Carpenter sawing woodblocks,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/72659.