Doris Hunter Originals
Doris Hunter
Folk artist Doris Hunter is a fifth generation Macon resident. She was voted "The most talented " in her graduating class and received the Art award .It was a natural when she made her first Pinecone bird in 1973.
The original, pinecone bird flower arrangements were made from local materials obtained from a farmer's crib . The perches were wood found in Mountain laurel thickets and driftwood from the area lakes.
She is a heritage Folk artist member at the admired the Southern Highland Crafts Guild . Her mobiles are currently displayed in the Moses Cone Manor Shop in Blowing Rock, NC.
She was chosen in 2002 to be a White house artisan and my birds were displayed on the White House Christmas tree.in the Blue Room for the Bush family The arrangement is currently archived in the Smithsonian Institute.
Pine Cone Bird Scupltures
