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The traditional arts of basketry, pottery, textiles, weaving, and woodworking are demonstrated. 
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Types of Flowers | Digital Traditions
Types of Flowers | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Wood carver from Seneca, SC (Oconee County). He carves figurines out of wood including flowers, squirrels, and roosters. His wife, Frances, assists him with painting and arranging the carved flowers...
Judson Madden Photos | Digital Traditions
Judson Madden Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Wood carver from Seneca, SC (Oconee County). He carves figurines out of wood including flowers, squirrels, and roosters. His wife, Frances, assists him with painting and arranging the carved flowers...
Jesse Powell Photos | Digital Traditions
Jesse Powell Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Mr. Jesse Powell is a 4th generation woodworker and wood artist. He learned the art of woodworking from watching other family members and has been exposed to this art since he was a child. He uses...
Jennings Chestnut Photos | Digital Traditions
Jennings Chestnut Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Jennings Chestnut evolved into a master builder of mandolins, banjos, violins, and guitars. Born in 1942, Chestnut had been a fan of bluegrass music since he was six years old. During the 1950s...
Ike Carpenter Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions
Ike Carpenter Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Ike Carpenter is a third generation woodcarver, cabinetmaker, and carpenter who lives in the small Edgefield County town of Trenton. His grandfather was known throughout the area as a talented...
Harold Wayne Turner Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions
Harold Wayne Turner Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

At age five, Harold Wayne Turner picked up a banjo for the first time. Within a short period, he taught himself to pick out a rough approximation of “Cripple Creek.” This childhood experience began a...
Charles Williams Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions
Charles Williams Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Charles "CeCe" Williams has been making handcarved walking canes for over twenty five years, and cast nets since he was a boy growing up fishing with his father in McClellanville. As Chief Detective...
Archie Hunter Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions
Archie Hunter Photo Gallery | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Archie Hunter of Florence belonged to the third generation of a family of traditional chairmakers. His grandfather began selling his handmade chairs to supplement the meager income from his Kershaw...