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Sara Ayers talks with Cinda Baldwin about animal figures in her pottery. (Part 2) Sara Ayers was a highly accomplished Catawba potter who exemplified the major artistic tradition of South Carolina's...
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Ayers tells Cinda Baldwin about the tools she uses to make pottery. Sara Ayers was a highly accomplished Catawba potter who exemplified the major artistic tradition of South Carolina's earliest...
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Sara Ayers talks with Cinda Baldwin about animal figures in her pottery. Sara Ayers was a highly accomplished Catawba potter who exemplified the major artistic tradition of South Carolina's earliest...
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BILL FRAKES A Closer Look Apparently the fact that the players in this rugby game were wearing dresses didn't diminish the intensity of the rivalry between the teams. Photographer Bill Frakes has...
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DEBORAH WILLIS A Closer Look Every photograph has a point of view. We see it from the position of the the photographer's eye. Deborah Willis stood in the pulpit of a small church in a little town in...
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ANSEL ADAMS A Closer Look Tetons and the Snake River is one of Ansel Adams' great western landscape photographs. The image seems to go on to infinity, absolutely sharp and clear. It is interesting to...
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CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. A Closer Look Rosa is a picture within a picture. At first we see a person in costume, make-up and sunglasses. But there is another picture. Reflected in the lens of the glasses...
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LOUIS DAGUERRE A Closer Look This Daguerreotype of a Parisian Boulevard is an early experiment by Louis Daguerre. His pictures required a very long exposure time. That's why the street seems empty -...
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Sue Middle taught her son how to weave, but he hasn't quite taken to the art form like she would have liked.
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R.C. talks about the way he prepares and cooks venison (deer meat).
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Sue Middleton explains how she decides on the shape of the basket.
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Sue Middleton talks about how she dries materials for the baskets.
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R.C. Hagan talks about the types of woods he uses to make his turkey calls and what makes a good turkey call.
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Mabel Hagan Is an accomplished quilter. She is pictured with a “Save All” quilt. The rop was made by her grandmother and was given to her as a wedding present. Five or six years later, she and her...
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Sue Middleton tells how the cake basket got its name.
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R.C. Hagan talks about how he started making axe and hammer handles.
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R.C. Hagan shares his love of hunting. For awhile turkey hunting had stopped in the Piedmont area of South Carolina, so he went hunting in Augusta during the open season.
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R.C. Hagan talks about how they use to can their food and how that changed when freezers came along.
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Sue Middleton talks about learning to make more complicated baskets.
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R.C. Hagan talks about his experiences with making molasses.
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Sue Middleton explained that men would help their wives make baskets.
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R.C. Hagan talks about the different baskets he makes and when to use odd or even numbers of ribs.
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R.C. Hagan talks about how his mother made soap out of meat scraps and ashes.
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Sue Middleton talks about how she was inspired to create a new type of basket.
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R.C. Hagan explains how taxidermists preserve deer heads.