| Wood carvings by Susan Yohn | Wood carvings by Susan Yohn | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Wood craft
Artists
Artisans
Art
Material culture
Figurines
Cypress
Sculpture
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carvings by Susan Yohn
- Date
- 1985-02-09
- Description
- Nineteen color slides. Images of carvings by Susan Yohn, a self-taught wood carver and artist. Her carvings painted figurines and busts made from cypress knees. There are also three images of Yohn in her workshop (1874-1876). In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Wood carvings by Bill Cooey | Wood carvings by Bill Cooey | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Wood craft
Figurines
Decorative arts
Woodwork
Material culture
Flutes
Wind instruments
Cypress
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carvings by Bill Cooey
- Date
- 1987-09
- Description
- Twelve color slides. Bill Cooey, who has a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle where he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey started learning the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| Wood carver Tom Gaskins | Wood carver Tom Gaskins | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cypress
Workshops
Woodwork
Material culture
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carver Tom Gaskins
- Date
- 1992-03-06
- Description
- One proof sheet with 24 black and white images (plus negatives). Gaskins ran a Cypress Knee Mseum, and was a 1988 Florida Heirtage Award winner. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
- Collection
| Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum | Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum | Still Image | Woodworkers
Woodwork
Cypress
Museums
Wood
Wood craft
Workshops
Workplace
Material culture
Signs and signboards | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum
- Date
- 1987-11-22
- Description
- Twenty-five color slides. Gaskins owned a cypress craft museum. Images of him in his work shop, and a sign at the museum. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| Seminole canoe makers Bobby Henry and apprentice Danny Wilcox | Seminole canoe makers Bobby Henry and apprentice Danny Wilcox | Still Image | Fieldwork
Apprentices
Canoes
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Cypress
Boatbuilding
Woodwork
Material culture
Indian reservations
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Seminole canoe makers Bobby Henry and apprentice Danny Wilcox
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Three black and white prints, and two color prints. Wilcox served as apprentice to Henry in 1988. Henry grew up on the Tamiami Trail, and learned canoe making from his father. For more on Wilcox and Henry, see S 1644, box 3, folder 9. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| Sculptor Jesse J. Aaron with his work | Sculptor Jesse J. Aaron with his work | Still Image | Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers
Fieldwork
Art
Wood carving
Artists
Wood craft
Woodwork
Figurines
Sculpture
Material culture
Cypress | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_68_c97-075 | Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
Chairs
Furniture makers
Furniture making
Cypress
Mangrove plants
Trees
Wood craft
Woodwork
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Robert Rudd and his apprentice Neil Brooks making bent cypress furniture | Robert Rudd and his apprentice Neil Brooks making bent cypress furniture | Still Image | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Furniture
Furniture makers
Cypress
Chairs
Woodwork
Apprentices
Material culture
Flora
Plants
Wicker furniture
Chair-makers
Exhibits
Tree felling
Trees | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Robert Rudd and his apprentice Neil Brooks making bent cypress furniture
- Date
- 1986-10
- Description
- 109 color slides. Rudd and Brooks making wicker (bent cypress) furniture. Includes images of the entire process from gathering cypress tress and cutting the wood to constructing the furniture and finally having them on display at the Stephen Foster Center. Slides S93-05, S93-06, S93-16, and S93-66 are missing. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| Painter Pharaoh Baker and Cypress furniture | Painter Pharaoh Baker and Cypress furniture | Still Image | Artists
Furniture maker
Fieldwork
Sculpture
Art
African Americans
Decorative arts
Painting
Furniture
Cypress
Chairs
Material culture
Wood craft
Woodwork
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Painter Pharaoh Baker and Cypress furniture
- Date
- 1979-05-27
- Description
- One proof sheet (plus negatives). Baker with his art work at his home (taken by Belland). Cypress furniture made by Whisnant (taken by Marhsall). For more images of Whisnant's furniture, see S 1577, volume 11, slides S82-947 - S82-951. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
| O.B. Osceola making cypress canoe | O.B. Osceola making cypress canoe | Still Image | Boatbuilding
Canoes
Cypress
Seminole Indians
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
O.B. Osceola making cypress canoe
- Date
- 1978-05
- Description
- One black and white print. Also duplicated elsewhere. Osceola digging out a cypress log to make a canoe.
- Collection
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