Wordslöjd & Jargoncraft: an Intern Dictionary of Discovery
Welcome, reader, to a new and regular blog series, featuring the unique vocabularies of North House craft. Let’s begin.
Baskets, Food and Learning
I have been living in northern Minnesota and spending time teaching basketry workshops, exploring the area I live in, and scheduling life around food and the seasons.
Why I Weave
As a way to begin this 2 year growth and exploration as a resident artisan, I’d like to share: WHY I WEAVE
Building the Seksaering at the Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter
The more I watch this seksaering be built there at the small boat shop at the Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter, the more I am into this design of this traditional Norwegian boat.
Greetings from the Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter in Norway!
The Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter is an amazing place.
To Be or Not to Be... Making It?
The question arises frequently for me, “Can I make a living at being an artisan?”
Planking the Herring Skiff
John Beltman and I led 6 students in a project to build a replica of a Herring Skiff.
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Wow, what a whirlwind these past two years have been! This is the last time you will hear from me on this blog since my time in the Artisan Development Program will be complete at the end of this month.
Time Well Spent at the John C. Campbell Folk School
For more than a dozen years, I’ve been told by friends that I must find a way to John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina. They told me that I would fall in love and not want to leave. \
Building the Aleutian Baidarka
Josh Tolkan is wrapping up his build of an Aleutian Baidarka, and talks about the process, lessons learned, and hopes for the future of this vessel.