Helen Gibson teaching class

Helen Gibson teaching class

Brasstown Carvers

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carvers

Wood-carving

Helen Gibson teaching a woodcarving class at John C. Campbell Folk School. Brasstown Carver Helen Gibson has been carving since she was a child. She began learning from her mother, Dorothy (Dot) Payne McClure (1922-1958), and from her neighbors Fannie Ivester and Martha Coffey. Helen also took many classes from Jack Hall. She is well-known for both her carvings and her teaching. Helen began teaching carving in 1989 through John C. Campbell Folk School’s apprentice program. After that, she regularly traveled across the Southeast to teach at carving clubs. She has also taught locally at Tri-County Community College, and she continues to teach occasional classes at the Folk School. Helen has published several books on carving nativity figures, St. Francis, and Moses.

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