Tag: carving
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Roger Smith
Roger Smith “I was born August 20, 1943, in Tallahassee, Florida. At an early age, we moved to Maury County, Tennessee. Here I attended a one-room school house, called Parks Station Elementary School. The school was located between Columbia and Lewisburg, Tennessee. Grades 1 to 8 were taught at this school, by one teacher. Since…
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William Edmondson+
William Edmondson+ William Edmondson, son of Tennessee slaves, did not consider himself an artist when he began carving around 1932, after retiring from his job as a laborer. Inspired by a vision, he emphasized his divine calling, claiming, “Jesus has planted the seed of carving in me,” and describing his works as “mirkels.” Edmondson carved…
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Kimberly Dummons
Kimberly Dummons Kimberly Dummons is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, where she primarily teaches Two-Dimensional Design and Three-Dimensional Design. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she earned her B.A. in Art from Xavier University of Louisiana, and her MFA in Studio Art, with a Sculpture concentration,…
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Tina Curry
Tina Curry Each piece is individually formed from a slab or lump of clay. Tina primarily uses her bare hands rather than tools, so you will see her finger marks on the pieces. The love of animals, both domestic and wild, are the essence of her body of work. “In nature I observe animals in…
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Jane Buis
Jane Buis Born in the Rocktown section of Jefferson County, Marcella “Jane” Buis was one of four sons and two daughters of James and Ethel Pate Carter. While sharecropping in hay, tobacco, wheat and other farm crops, father James had also helped build the Interstate highways, while mother Ethel worked at Carson-Newman (then) College as…
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