This photograph of Frances Elizabeth Parker Nicholson (1897-1990) in the 1940s or 1950s shows her with a selection of her cornhusk crafts. As a self-taught craftsperson, Nicholson began experimenting with cornhusk crafts in the 1930s. She devised...
Roby Buchanan was a self-taught gem cutter. He was able to collect stones locally and after years of sending them away to be cut, decided to do it himself. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft...
Ashe is a self-taught weaver with 6-7 women working with her. She made table linens and rag rugs. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern...
Polly Thornton [Polly Thomton?] was a self-taught doll-maker living in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Her dolls were made using bells, clothes pins, pipe cleaners, and hickory nuts. She sold her dolls at a curb market in Hendersonville, N.C. ...
David Webb was a self-taught jewelry designer. At the time of the survey, he was in the army. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland...
D.S. Trammell was self-taught. He gathered lichen "from all the country round about" and made boutonnieres. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Hardy Davidson, a woodcarver from Swannanoa, N.C. Included are a brief profile written for the publicity department of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1948 and a transcription of an...
Olive Clark was self-taught and at one time supported her family with her craft. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild...
Hardy Davidson was apparently self-taught. He taught woodcarving at Warren Wilson College [previously Dorland-Bell]. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by...
W. A. Gilliland was a self-taught basket maker. He made white oak splint baskets. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland Handicraft...
Margaret Decker was self-taught in silk screen printing techniques, and attended Penland to learn weaving and metal work. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking...
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self-taught weaver and dyer in the Sylva area of western North Carolina. She built her first loom herself from wood donated by a neighbor. She later operated a successful home industry which...
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Roby Buchanan of Hawk, North Carolina was a self-taught lapidary, meaning that he collected and cut gemstones and minerals. Originally he created his own machinery for cutting the facets of the stones he found in the mountain region. The...
This undated pottery oil lamp was made by Cherokee potter Rebecca “Amanda” Wolf Youngbird, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A shallow stable bowl form was used to burn oil to create light. The handle of this...
This undated pottery oil lamp was made by Cherokee potter Rebecca “Amanda” Wolf Youngbird, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A shallow stable bowl form was used to burn oil to create light. The handle of this...
This undated pottery pitcher was made by Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b. 1921), a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, she was born and raised in the Straight Fork section of Big Cove, a remote...
This pottery vase was made in 1961 by self-taught Cherokee potter Rebecca "Amanda" Wolf Youngbird. A double-spouted vase, like this one, is known as a Cherokee wedding vase. The earthenware clay was shaped using the coil method, and was burnished,...
This undated earthenware bowl was made by Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b. 1921), a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, she was born and raised in the Straight Fork section of Big Cove, a remote...
This undated earthenware bowl was made by Rebecca “Amanda” Wolf Youngbird, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Born on the Qualla Boundary in 1890, she was sent away at the age of 13 to attend the Indian Industrial...
This undated earthenware effigy pot was made by Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The youngest of 12 children, she was born in 1921 and raised in the Straight Fork section of Big Cove, a remote...
