A. Ben Hall and Jack Hall

A. Ben Hall and Jack Hall

Animals in art

Brasstown Carvers

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carvers

Wood-carving

A. Ben Hall (left) and Jack Hall (right) working at a table of woodcarvings. Ben Hall was one of the many Brasstown Carvers from the extended Hall family, who moved from Buncombe County, NC, to the area around Brasstown in the 1920s. Ben's son Jack Hall (1920-1984) was a second-generation Brasstown Carver. A short documentary about Jack, titled "The Woodland Carver," brought notoriety to him and the Folk School in the early 1950s. Following Murray Martin’s retirement, Jack led the Brasstown Carvers until the early 1980s.

Denash, Betty

Betty Denash Photo Collection

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photographs

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StillImage

72664

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Brasstown (N.C.)

Craft Revival