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| Title | [Woodcarving: deer] |
| Identifier | JCCFS_W1120 |
| Format | craft object
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| Date Created | 1930/1979 |
| Dimensions | 5" x 4" x 1" |
| Description | Carved from apple wood, this finely carved deer is the work of Nolan Beaver (1916-1998). Beaver learned to carve as a child growing up in the Martin's Creek community of Cherokee County. He recalled, "I wanted toys, so I made them." He studied at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s with carving teacher Murrial Martin. He sold work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. In 1942 he earned over $300 from sales through the woodcarving cooperative. An industrial pattern maker and cabinetmaker, Beaver continued to carve throughout his life, developing a personal style of graceful figures with fine detail. |
| Subject - Topic | Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Craft | Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Group | Brasstown Carvers
John C. Campbell Folk School
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| Craft Category | woodwork
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| Decade | 1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
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| County | Cherokee County, N.C.
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| Creator | Brasstown Carvers
Beaver, Nolan, 1916-1998
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| Source Institution | John C. Campbell Folk School
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| Collection | Artifact Collection. Brasstown Carvings, ca. 1930s-1950s. |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. John C. Campbell Folk School. For permission to reproduce items, contact Folklorist/John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Road, Brasstown, NC 28902 or 1/800-365-5724.; |
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