We’ve taken a peak in some of the classes at the Folk School this week. See what they’re up to! Folk Harp with Lorinda Jones (that’s her class playing and singing in the video!) Charleston Sweetgrass Basketry with Sarah Hammond Blacksmithing 18th Century Tobacco and Smoking Implements with Jerry Darnell
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You may remember that the Clay Spencer Blacksmith shop was dedicated July 18, 2010 (Read the post here). Students and instructors alike have been enjoying classes there since then, but recently two Folk School blacksmith instructors put the finishing touches on the building. Through collaborative efforts, blacksmiths Matt Jenkins and Ted Thompson designed, fabricated, and forged [...]
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Part III: Folk School Staff with American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Connections In researching Part II to learn more about the AFSC people and their work camp life, I discovered other unexpected AFSC connections to the Folk School. Primarily, two of our well known and long serving staff members came to work at the school [...]
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Part II: Who were these AFSC people, anyway? In Part I we discussed replacing the old wooden American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) medallion with the new ceramic one. I hope by now you have gone by Paul Garrett’s shop, admired it, and told Lisa TeviaClark and Jim Clark what a fine job they did making [...]
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Part I of a III Part Series During Blacksmith Work Week in March of 2012, we were replacing an old gable vent on the south side of the Oscar Cantrell Shop, now the shop of resident blacksmith, Paul Garrett. To remove the existing vent, a ladder was placed right in front of the old weathered, [...]
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