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Exploring Handmade Dustpans
Posted April 25, 2019
Exploring Handmade Dustpans By far the most common question I get while demonstrating or selling…
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Working Together
Posted April 12, 2019
Somewhere, not far from here, but perhaps not in Cook County, sheep have been shorn, and lambs are…
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Making Paddles
Posted March 29, 2019
North Housers, Blog Post #2 from me coming at you. I spent a good part of February working on…
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Chair Exploration
Posted March 14, 2019
I’m continuing on my exploration of chairs this winter and, I must say, it’s been a fun…
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Winter Camping
Posted February 21, 2019
As I’m writing, I’m sitting in my small cabin next to a crackling wood stove with a mug…
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New Resident Artisan, Elise Kyllo
Posted February 14, 2019
Greetings to the North House Community, There are many days I pinch myself as I wake to a sunrise…
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New Resident Artisan, Josh Tolkan
Posted January 31, 2019
Hello North House Followers! I’m Josh Tolkan, one of the new Resident Artisans here at North…
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Have a Seat - Part 2
Posted January 17, 2019
I acquired some black ash logs over the course of this past spring. During the summer months there…
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Emily Dickinson Brooms
Posted January 3, 2019
She sweeps with many-colored brooms, And leaves the shreds behind; Oh, housewife in the…
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Chasing the Curve
Posted December 21, 2018
After a year and a half of creating, traveling and connecting, I am wrapping up my precious time…
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