By Josh Shaffer
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November 09, 2018 03:03 PM
Under Amanda Crowe’s chisel, black bears sprang to life from a chunk of wood — rolling, swatting, raising up on their hind legs. To Crowe, a Cherokee carver born in Murphy, blocks of walnut and cherry hid the animals’ powerful backs and playful paws — a canvas that grew from her native mountains.
On Friday, Google honored Crowe’s work through its Google Doodle — a temporary redesign of its home page. Her words scroll across the screen as her animated hands choose a favorite knife.
“I carve because I love to do it,” she explains in a short video. “The movements of the grain, they almost seem alive.”
Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article221420990.html#storylink=cpy
[email protected]
November 09, 2018 03:03 PM
Under Amanda Crowe’s chisel, black bears sprang to life from a chunk of wood — rolling, swatting, raising up on their hind legs. To Crowe, a Cherokee carver born in Murphy, blocks of walnut and cherry hid the animals’ powerful backs and playful paws — a canvas that grew from her native mountains.
On Friday, Google honored Crowe’s work through its Google Doodle — a temporary redesign of its home page. Her words scroll across the screen as her animated hands choose a favorite knife.
“I carve because I love to do it,” she explains in a short video. “The movements of the grain, they almost seem alive.”
Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article221420990.html#storylink=cpy
