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Currently Scheduled Courses
Advanced Willow Basketry: Rectangles and Fitching
Instructors:
Steen Madsen
For students who are confident with the basic stake and strand form and ready to move on, we welcome…
Tue, Oct 4th, 2022 – Thu, Oct 6th, 2022
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
Steen Madsen
All Ground Up: Sausage Making
Instructors:
Jay DeCoux
Make your own sausage flavored the way you like it using your favorite meats. As a class, we will…
Sat, Sep 10th, 2022 – Sun, Sep 11th, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Jay DeCoux
Sat, Oct 15th, 2022 – Sun, Oct 16th, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Jay DeCoux
Sat, Dec 3rd, 2022 – Sun, Dec 4th, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Jay DeCoux
Artisan Breads Immersion
Lace up your baking shoes and get ready for an artisan breads baking marathon. Combining the skills…
Tue, Nov 1st, 2022 – Thu, Nov 3rd, 2022
Day 1: 4pm-8pm; Days 2-3: 8am-4pm
Day 1: 4pm-8pm; Days 2-3: 8am-4pm
Instructor:
Amy James
Fri, Nov 4th, 2022 – Sun, Nov 6th, 2022
Day 1: 4-8pm; Days 2-3: 8am-4pm
Day 1: 4-8pm; Days 2-3: 8am-4pm
Asekewin: Traditional Hide Tanning
Instructors:
Greg Biskakone Johnson
Soak, scrape, stretch, and smoke: these are the basic steps of asekewin or hide tanning, one of the…
Fri, Aug 19th, 2022 – Sun, Aug 21st, 2022
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
Greg Biskakone Johnson
Bags of the Boundary Waters and Beyond
Instructors:
Amir Najam
Head out on the lake, into the woods, or to the grocery store in style and function with a custom…
Tue, Oct 18th, 2022 – Thu, Oct 20th, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Amir Najam
Baking for Kids
Instructors:
Caleb Mattison
Food tastes better when you make it yourself! Join oven builder, bread baker, and dad Caleb in the…
Fri, Oct 21st, 2022
9am-3pm
9am-3pm
Instructor:
Caleb Mattison
Basic Timber Framing
Learn the planning, layout and joinery necessary to construct a traditional timber frame (post and…
Fri, Aug 19th, 2022 – Tue, Aug 23rd, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Basket Basics for Families
Instructors:
Bozena Scheidel
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket..unless of course you wove it yourself with willow!…
Fri, Oct 21st, 2022
2-4:30pm
2-4:30pm
Instructor:
Bozena Scheidel
Beans, Glorious Beans!
Instructors:
Beth Dooley
Explore the world of dried beans and legumes, the protein basics for plant based eating. We’ll…
Sun, Oct 30th, 2022
9am-1pm
9am-1pm
Instructor:
Beth Dooley
Birch Bark Basketry: An Introduction
Instructors:
Emily Derke
Birch bark holds a multitude of uses, and has been widely used across the world wherever birch trees…
Tue, Oct 4th, 2022 – Thu, Oct 6th, 2022
Day 1: 3-6pm, Days 2-3: 9am-5pm
Day 1: 3-6pm, Days 2-3: 9am-5pm
Instructor:
Emily Derke
Birch Bark Boxes: Scandinavian Bark Basketry
Instructors:
Fred Livesay
Scandinavians and Russians commonly kept small, flat birch bark boxes in their pockets in the 18th…
Thu, Nov 3rd, 2022 – Sun, Nov 6th, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Fred Livesay
Bird Carving
Instructors:
Mike Loeffler
This course will introduce students to the world of bird carving. This is a great class for…
Fri, Dec 2nd, 2022 – Sun, Dec 4th, 2022
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Mike Loeffler
Black Ash Basketry Sampler: From Log to Rim
Instructors:
Beth Homa Kraus
Rims and handles are important elements of basket construction, integral to the structure and…
Thu, Oct 6th, 2022
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
Beth Homa Kraus
Black Ash Basketry Sampler: From Log to Splint
Instructors:
April Stone
Black ash splint is a beautiful material for making sturdy baskets, and with the right knowledge and…
Tue, Oct 4th, 2022
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
April Stone
Black Ash Basketry Sampler: From Splint to Basket
Instructors:
April Stone
The difference between a beginner’s basket and the work of an accomplished weaver is largely…
Wed, Oct 5th, 2022
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
April Stone