Record #:

36957

Author(s):

Fariello, M. Anna; Sanders, Kadie

Abstract:

Butch and Louise Goings are professional artisans with a lifelong commitment to preserving tradition. Louise is a basket maker, a skill learned from her mother, and Butch does wood carvings.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 62 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 2015, p25-29 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Culture; Artists; Basket makers; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Basket makers; Wood-carvers

Record #:

9804

Author(s):

Dean, Jim

Abstract:

Dean discusses the craft of two waterfowl hunters who make their own decoys. Neal Conoley, Jr. has been carving since 1967 and Stuart Critcher since 1945.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 11, Nov 1985, p8-13, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wood-carvers

Record #:

3563

Author(s):

Conoley, Neal

Abstract:

Old handmade wooden decoys, carved by John Williams, Ken Burgess, and others who lived in Carteret, Currituck, Dare, and Hyde Counties, have become highly prized, collectable folk art.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 12, Dec 1997, p8-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wood-carvers; Decoys (Hunting)--North Carolina, Eastern

Record #:

9473

Author(s):

Lewis, James S., Jr.

Abstract:

Lewis describes working decoys, or decoys used for hunting as differentiated from those used for ornamental purposes, and some of their makers, including Lem and Lee Dudley of Knotts Island and John Williams and Ivey Stevens of Cedar Island.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 41 Issue 11, Nov 1977, p12-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Decoys (Hunting); Wood-carvers

Record #:

9475

Author(s):

Lewis, James S., Jr.

Abstract:

Lewis continues his discussion of working decoys, or decoys used for hunting as differentiated from those used for ornamental purposes, and some of individuals who carved them.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 41 Issue 12, Dec 1977, p12-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Decoys (Hunting); Wood-carvers

Record #:

34503

Author(s):

Brinson, Thomas

Abstract:

Local retirees gathered daily on 8th street in Morehead City to discuss daily life and carve cedar. The author fondly recalls joining his grandfather in these informal meetings and their significance to his grandfather’s social circle.

Source:

The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Winter 1994, p5-6, il, por

Subject(s):

Morehead City--History; Older people--Programs for; Wood-carvers

Record #:

2582

Author(s):

Turnage, Sheila

Abstract:

Held yearly on Harkers Island, the Core Sound Decoy Festival brings together decoy carvers and wildlife artists who seek to preserve the heritage of the water-based way of life.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 6, Nov 1995, p31-32, il

Subject(s):

Wood-carvers

Record #:

31635

Author(s):

Abstract:

Reverend Lawrence Funderburk is retiring from his pastoral duties in Mecklenburg County to become a full-time woodcarver. Funderburk is known for his miniature wooden shoe carvings, but he also carves scenes of people and nature.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 8 Issue 11, Nov 1976, p24-25, il, por

Subject(s):

Wood-carvers; Woodcarving

Record #:

26947

Author(s):

Schmidt, Rex Gary

Abstract:

The Wake County Wildlife Club is hosting the 14th Annual Wildlife Art Show and Sale in Raleigh this December. The show will feature wildlife carvings of Joe Chambers. Recently, Joe produced a life size pair of whitetail deer heads, a buck and a doe.

Source:

Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 29 Issue 9, Sept/Oct 1982, p10, il, por

Subject(s):

Wildlife art; Wood-carvers