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| Title | [Woodcarving: rabbit] |
| Identifier | JCCFS_W1354 |
| Format | craft object
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| Date Created | 1930/1979 |
| Dimensions | 1.5" x 2" x 1" |
| Description | This small rabbit by Carmen Beaver Fleming (1919-1995) is carved from buckeye, her favorite wood. Fleming learned to carve in 1937, influenced by her brother Nolan Beaver, a master carver. She married Pearlie Fleming and raised five children, moving frequently because of her husband's work. When the family moved back to the Brasstown area, Fleming took up carving for the John C. Campbell Folk School and sold her work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. She carved daily beginning at 5:30 a.m., dividing her time between carving, housework, and gardening. |
| 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 | Clay County, N.C.
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| Creator | Fleming, Carmen Beaver
Brasstown Carvers
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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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