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["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

1. Woodworker Charles Steven Adams in his home

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.001.3.22.17
Title:
Woodworker Charles Steven Adams in his home
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

2. Portrait of Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.002.3.22.17
Title:
Portrait of Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php. This is part 1 of 5 files constituting the full interview."]%

3. Portrait of Charles Steven Adams, black and white

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.003.3.22.17
Title:
Portrait of Charles Steven Adams, black and white
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

4. Sink carved by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.004.3.22.17
Title:
Sink carved by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

5. Side table and bowl carved by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.005.3.22.17
Title:
Side table and bowl carved by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

6. Sculptural bowl carved by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.006.3.22.17
Title:
Sculptural bowl carved by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, Woodworking tools, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

7. Bed made by Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.007.3.22.17
Title:
Bed made by Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, Furniture making, woodworking
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

8. Woodshop of Charles Steven Adams

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.008.3.22.17
Title:
Woodshop of Charles Steven Adams
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools, Furniture making
Location:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php."]%

9. Shelf in home of Charles Steven Adams, featuring a hand-hewn bowl he made

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.009.3.22.17
Title:
Shelf in home of Charles Steven Adams, featuring a hand-hewn bowl he made
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Furniture making, woodworking, Woodworking tools
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Charles Steven Adams is a hand-hewn bowl carver living in Martinsburg, WV. Originally from Nitro, WV, Steve worked as a social worker and took up bowl carving in retirement. He also makes wood furniture and hand-hewn carved sinks. His wife Jan works with him at local craft shows. Adams also teaches bowl carving workshops at his woodshop. http://www.charlesstevenadams.com/index.php.Glenn Horr, who made the hand adzes, is a metal worker in Berkeley Springs, WV"]%

10. Charles Steven Adams' hand adzes made by Berkeley Springs metal worker Glenn Horr

Identifier:
4224.AdamsCharlesSteven.Photo.010.3.22.17
Title:
Charles Steven Adams' hand adzes made by Berkeley Springs metal worker Glenn Horr
Date:
2017-03-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Woodworking tools, Furniture making, woodworking
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

11. Portrait of fiddler and fiddle maker Dave Bing in his workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.001.6.21.17
Title:
Portrait of fiddler and fiddle maker Dave Bing in his workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bing, Dave, 1955-, woodworking, Fiddling, Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

12. Corner of fiddle maker Dave Bing's workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.002.6.21.17
Title:
Corner of fiddle maker Dave Bing's workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bowed stringed instruments, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Old-time music, Fiddling, woodworking
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)