During the period of 1916 through 1918, Cecil Sharp and his assistant Maud Karpeles, from England, spent 46 weeks traveling through the mountain regions of five Appalachian States in search of what Sharp believed to be surviving traditional English folk ballads.  He had collected these songs as well as dances in north and west England during the start of the folk-revival period.  In America they collected 500 songs from 281 providers. Sharp felt these traditions were fading away and he sought to capture this piece of culture before it was gone or overtaken by modern influences.  During other parts of the years here in America, he taught and lectured in numerous cities.

During his mountain travels, he documented many of his sources for ballads in photographs.  He visited with these people many times, often stayed at their homes, and developed an appreciation and fondness for the mountain life.  The photographs are a stunning record of the people and the times.

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Amazing, captivating, thrilling and simply “out-of-this-world” are some of the words people use to describe pieces from Affee’s Vicker’s amazing works of art. In an industry of artists who are educated through design school or use design applications and computers to hone their craft, Affee is self-taught. Affee’s long standing career in fabrication, construction and music are reflected in each note of these concept-to-reality designs. He began creating small works of art as a boy and built on that foundation in the 1970’s.

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