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A Modern Day Old-Fashioned Log Cabin
Posted October 25, 2015
At North House, I frequently have the experience of being inspired. I strike up a conversation with…
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New Horizons in Baking: Sprouted Grain Flours
Posted October 5, 2015
Bread baker extraordinaire and North House instructor Amy James is always on the lookout for new…
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Eating Nose to Tail: Going Whole Hog in Butchery
Posted October 5, 2015
To take a foods class with Eric Edgin is to be fully immersed in a subject, whether fermentation,…
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Everyday Sloyd: Make Home Items by Hand
Posted September 26, 2015
Spreaders, cooking and eating chopsticks, "BWCA chopsticks" (chopstick/stirrer/spreader).…
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A Man and His Craft: Woodworking Over Age 100
Posted September 26, 2015
Art shaping his box elder birthday bowl. Art started out looking at a huge piece of a box elder…
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Automata
Posted September 25, 2015
Of all the woodworking classes that we offer, Automata: Making Wood Move may be the most whimsical.…
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Building Traditional Snowshoes
Posted August 19, 2015
We call it "Live Craft". Every intern at North House chooses a skill that they want to develop and…
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Funology Defined
Posted July 28, 2015
Phenology. It's a word I learned just this May, when I was talking to a visitor about our…
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Nålbinding--What's That?
Posted July 17, 2015
When Larry Schmitt is teaching a class at North House, his display of wooly creations always…
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Catching Weaver Fever
Posted July 17, 2015
Poke around most classrooms at North House, and you will find a bit of birch bark hiding in the…
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