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Helen Carpenter: Quilting | Digital Traditions
Helen Carpenter: Quilting | Digital Traditions

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Mrs. Helen Clark Carpenter practices canning and preserving at her home in Edgefield. She learned this tradition from her mother, in her home state of Ohio. She has been canning for over forty years...
Amanda Brown: Quilting | Photos
Amanda Brown: Quilting | Photos

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Mrs. Amanda Brown is a quilter from Greenwood County. She works both by herself and with a local quilting group. Mrs. Brown learned from helping her mother and has been practicing her art for over...
William & D.X. Gordy | Digital Traditions
William & D.X. Gordy | Digital Traditions
Episode 3

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Son of Georgia potter W.T.B. Gordy (1877-1955), D.X. Gordy took over his father’s shop and gradually moved away from the traditional forms produced by earlier family potters. Gordy retained the...
Wayne Wilson | Digital Traditions
Wayne Wilson | Digital Traditions
Episode 3

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Wayne Wilson is the son of Hallie A. Wilson, who was trained in the pottery shop of Maryland Hewell and in the nearby Holcomb Pottery. In the 1950s, Hallie set up his own pottery shop in Lula, Georgia...