Craft Heritage
Appalachian Crafts - Craft Heritage in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
The North Carolina mountains and foothills have become the geographic center of handmade crafts in the United States. The region fostered the country's traditional craft movement (1800s to early 1900s) as well as the contemporary craft movement (1940s). Today, over 4,000 craftspeople live and work in Western North Carolina, where the traditional and contemporary crafts flourish side by side, and create a craft economy of more than $206 million in the region.
Craft Heritage Stories that Celebrate Appalachian Crafts and Traditions in North Carolina
Listen to some interesting stories about our Craft Heritage in our Sights & Sounds Gallery. Just click on
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Our Sights & Sounds Gallery shares stories of traditional crafts, Cherokee crafts, Blue Ridge attractions and Appalachian history in North Carolina. Western North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Mountains have been home to a wide variety of people including the Cherokee Indians, African immigrants and many different European settlers. It is part of what makes this region so diverse and unique.
Crossnore School & Weaving Room
Legacy of Biltmore Estate Industries
