A Cherokee native artist keeps his tribal traditions alive though craft and carvings

For more than 30 years, Billy Welch has been carrying on Cherokee craft forms, particularly woodcarving. Today, his workshop can be found at Hunting Boy Woodcarving in the Snowbird section of the Qualla Boundary, just outside Robbinsville. Billy carves the masks and uses traditional roots to provide color and interest.
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[@SteelerStacker33]

Very cool story and life… Thank you

[@doukdouk2550]

Love your work! I'm a woodworker from Puerto Rico, I carve with a hatchet and various hand tools and the wood truly guides you, when I look at a piece of wood I see the finished piece like if it was hiding there for decades waiting for the right person to help it reach its true form! Its something magical and something that makes me feel connected to my past lives.

[@joanneganon7157]

Your work is Beautiful Billy. Thanks for sharing 👊.
JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@joshsimp1995]

I dont have tradition