Webinar Replay: Japan: In Search of Modern Wood Culture with Jarrod Dahl
Posted April 30, 2020
As a designer and maker of “domestic woodenware” and instructor of various traditional handcrafts Jarrod has had…
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Wordslöjd & Jargoncraft: an Intern Dictionary of Discovery, Part 3
Posted April 30, 2020
Click the link for Part 1 and Part 2 Bubbling. When you thread a weft through…
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From Tree to Table: Building an End Table with Randy Schnobrich
Posted April 30, 2020
North House shelter and woodworking instructor Randy Schnobrich builds a walnut end table in this instructional video.
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Handwoven Towels
Posted April 24, 2020
Towels. What a straightforward object. Before I was a weaver, I disregarded towels all together. Every towel…
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Webinar Replay: Cedar Strip Canoe with Josh Tolkan
Posted April 21, 2020
North House Artisan Josh Tolkan demonstrates adding a new strip to his in-progress cedar-strip canoe and answers…
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North House Narratives: A Conversation with April Stone
Posted April 16, 2020
Things have changed a bit around North House Folk School without the stir of staff, students and…
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Webinar Replay: Life Aboard a Sailboat as a Family of Four
Posted April 16, 2020
Mark and Katya Gordon, owners of Amicus Adventure Sailing and Sea Change Expeditions, take us on a virtual…
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North House Teams Up with Local Felter to Send Craft Kits to Cook County Elementary Students
Posted April 10, 2020
This week kicked off an initiative to spread craft learning opportunities to local youth who are missing…
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Wordslöjd & Jargoncraft: an Intern Dictionary of Discovery, Part 2
Posted April 9, 2020
My previous blog post was published just before the COVID-19 situation broke open. Blind to the strange…
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The Dance of Art, Craft, Teaching... and the Virus
Posted April 2, 2020
I couldn’t not address the current drama of COVID-19, but I also wanted to include the joy of…
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