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Looking Back and Moving Forward

Posted December 10, 2019
by Marybeth Garmoe

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.

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Time Well Spent at the John C. Campbell Folk School

Posted November 22, 2019
by Elise Kyllo

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.  \

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Building the Aleutian Baidarka

Posted November 7, 2019
by Josh Tolkan

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.

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A Medieval Tour in Sweden

Posted October 24, 2019
by Mike Loeffler

Mike Loeffler continues his reflections from his travels in Scandinavia. This post focuses on time spent with a craftsman by the name of Mattias Hallgren, who gave Mike and Peter Henrikson a tour of some Medieval churches in Sweden.

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Time Spent with the Sami in Rural Sweden

Posted October 10, 2019
by Marybeth Garmoe

Recently returned from an extended visit to Scandinavia, Marybeth reflects on time spent with Laila, a respected Sami culture-bearer in rural Sweden.

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My Scandinavian adventure continues…

Posted October 3, 2019
by Mike Loeffler

The regional variation of these grindbygg barns highlights the importance of travel in creating a contextual framework for studying craft.

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What a woolly blur summer has been!

Posted September 26, 2019
by Elise Kyllo

So this month I will share a sweet story about the creation of the local Felted Forest Project and a photographic summary of the many felting experiences I’ve enjoyed over the last two months.

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Boatbuilding: Half Model Making

Posted September 19, 2019
by Josh Tolkan

There are two kinds of boat models. One is a historic replica you might see in a museum or made from a kit to assemble from a hobby store. Then there is the builder’s model, often called the Half Model because they are typically made to represent half of the boat, bisected vertically down the symmetrical plane.

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Hello from Scandinavia

Posted August 28, 2019
by Mike Loeffler

I’ve been traveling now for 4 weeks and there are so many stories to tell. To begin this journey Peter Henrikson and I traveled to Bergen to meet up with Trond Oalaan.

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Scandinavia – Blending Woodcarving and Broom-making

Posted August 15, 2019
by Marybeth Garmoe
Hello from Sweden!  I’m exactly half way through my time abroad and I’ve already…
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