Folc Harps is located in the mountains of Tennessee just at that little
top knot you see on the northeast tip of map known locally as the
Offset. The harps are made at the edge of the Cherokee National
Forest in sight of the Eastern Continental Divide and the Appalachian
trail, both of which are on the mountain ridge you see in the distance
behind the harp to the left.
It is unlikely you will ever hear anyone refer to these instruments as
the Folc Harp, as a name to be dropped. There will never be that
many of them. It isn't a small shop that provides its 30 employees
with a living wage and health insurance. Rather the harps are all the
product of one craftsman and his immediate family. They are part of
the cottage industries that provide the modest cash needs of a
subsistence farm household. This subsistence household is our
expression of a hand crafted life as you can see from how the harp
maker is occupied when not making harps. The same hand
craftsmanship that goes into this subsistence lifestyle also goes into
Folc Harps.
top knot you see on the northeast tip of map known locally as the
Offset. The harps are made at the edge of the Cherokee National
Forest in sight of the Eastern Continental Divide and the Appalachian
trail, both of which are on the mountain ridge you see in the distance
behind the harp to the left.
It is unlikely you will ever hear anyone refer to these instruments as
the Folc Harp, as a name to be dropped. There will never be that
many of them. It isn't a small shop that provides its 30 employees
with a living wage and health insurance. Rather the harps are all the
product of one craftsman and his immediate family. They are part of
the cottage industries that provide the modest cash needs of a
subsistence farm household. This subsistence household is our
expression of a hand crafted life as you can see from how the harp
maker is occupied when not making harps. The same hand
craftsmanship that goes into this subsistence lifestyle also goes into
Folc Harps.
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