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Title	[Woodcarving: turtle]
Creator	McClure, Sue
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	unknown
Dimensions	1.5" x 2.25" x 3.25"
Description	This carved turtle, exact date unknown, was made by Sue McClure and carved from walnut, a particularly difficult wood to carve. Sue McClure was a Brasstown Carver who specialized in animal carvings, although some of her figures--this turtle and a family of possums--are not common motifs. McClure learned to carve at the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1945, at the tail end of the Craft Revival period. McClure's preference was apple wood, a wood that was abundant when the Tennessee Valley Authority cleared land, including local orchards, 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.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	John C. Campbell Folk School Brasstown Carvers
Craft Category	woodwork
Location	Clay County (N.C.)
Source Institution	John C. Campbell Folk School
Collection	Artifact Collection. Brasstown Carvings, ca. 1930s-1950s.
Inventory Number	JCCFS_W511
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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