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Craft in America
Wood figure carver Harley Refsal
Harley Refsal is an internationally recognized figure carver, specializing in Scandinavian flat-plane wood carving. Refsal teaches a Scandinavian wood carving class at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode
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