Hand Carved materials, c.1981
Sub-Series (ap.afc.05.05)
- Extent
- 40 Film containers
- 85 Audio tapes
- 11 Video cassettes
- 25 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series V. Appalshop Films, 1978-1983 > Hand Carved materials, c.1981
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Hand Carved, a 1981 release. The film profiles master chairmaker Chester Cornett and follows Cornett as he cuts down a tree on the site of his family home in Appalachia, transports the wood to Cincinnati where he lives, and builds an eight-legged double rocking chair by hand. He is shown chopping, whittling, and carving and he describes his apprenticeship with his grandfather and uncle, the personal and economic reasons why he left the mountains, and the artisan’s place in a consumer market for mass-produced objects. . Subjects include Appalachian artisans, furniture making, and rural-urban migration.
- Related Work
- Hand Carved