Woodcarving – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Amanda Crowe

Like many traditional artists, Cherokee carver Amanda Crowe first learned her craft by watching others....

Cherokee tribal elder Goingback Chiltosky was a master woodcarver who influenced several generations of carvers....

When Eloise Maney was in college, she took an art class in which there was...

Cherokee artist Robert Queen practices traditional forms of woodcarving that were handed down to him...

When Sonny Ledford teaches others about Cherokee culture, he says, "I tell about how I...

Ronnie Bradley remembers whittling as a very young child. "Let any little boy get ahold...

Bud Smith carves wood into bears, birds, and other lively figures. He teaches workshops in...

Joel Queen is a ninth-generation potter, who traces his pottery lineage through the Bigmeat family...

Lloyd Carl Owle uses his knowledge of legends and stories to carve masks, birds, and...

Freeman Owle tells traditional Cherokee stories, carves wood and stone, and talks about Cherokee culture...

Ernie Lossiah makes and plays the traditional Cherokee flute. He also carves wood and stone,...

Virgil Ledford carves animal and human figures out of walnut, cherry, buckeye, and cedar, finishing...