Making History:
Penland Weaving Institute, 1935
The 1935 Weaving Institute was held August 12-24 and included courses in weaving, jewelry making, pottery, carding, spinning, dyeing with plant materials, book binding, basketry, block-printing, leather work, soap making, and the weaving of chair seats with hickory splits. By moving your cursor over the faces in the photograph you can learn something about the students, instructors, staff and community members who were part of the celebratory summer when the Edward F. Worst Craft House was first put into use.
| 1. Naida Ackley 2. Frances Barr 3. Harriet Conley 4. Bonnie Willis Ford 5. Howard C. (Toni) Ford |
6. Paul Fortner 7. Mary Grindstaff 8. Clyde P. Miller 9. Henrietta S. Miller 10. Georgia Morgan 11. Jessie Morgan |
12. John Morgan 13. Lucy Morgan 14. Ralph Morgan, Sr. 15. Henry Neal 16. Myrta Peters 17. Rupert Peters |
18. Janet Turnball 19. Isadora Williams 20. William Worst 21. Edward Worst 22. Evangeline Worst |