Oral history of Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning

Identifier:

4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.AudioInt.10.27.20

Title:

Oral history of Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning

Date:

2020-10-27

Creator:

Bruning, Margaret and Evans, Kathy

Contributor:

Hilliard, Emily

Description:

Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/

Subject:

Textile crafts, Spinning-wheel, Sheep farming, Woolen and worsted spinning, Wool, Farms--West Virginia, Weaving, Spinning, Looms, and Fiberwork

Rights:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Location:

Elkins (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), and Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)

Format:

audio/wav

Language:

English

Source:

A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection