Jim Sannerud on MN Originals

I have been anxiously awaiting this segment... it has finally aired.



Enjoy it!

Wood Week at NHFS- 2015

"Let the woodchips fly! Join us for a week devoted solely to woodworking in its many forms: Wood Week, March 5-9, 2015 at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN. Choose from nine classes (carving to turning), and on Saturday mix and mingle with fellow students and instructors in special mini-courses (free with course registration) or during open shop time. For more information or to sign up visit www.northhouse.org or call888-387-9762."

http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/woodcarverweek.htm

Hey Folks,

There is a greenwood gathering coming up in October, just about 30-45 minutes outside the metro area. Mike Siemsen had talked about doing this last June at Milan, he has solidified most of the details.

Go here for most info:

https://www.facebook.com/GIGCGWW?hc_location=timeline

Carving event at Thoe Wirth Park.

Hey Folks,

I hope that any and all can make it to this event, coming up at Thoe Wirth Park on Sept 6th.

*follow this Google Maps link for directions: https://goo.gl/maps/EnOkW

We had a great meeting on a beautiful evening, out on the lawn in front of the Swedish Institute.

Next meeting is in the same place, ASI from 6-9pm- Wed, June 25th.  

<< Click here for Google Map Link >>

An excellent opportunity coming up soon, you will love this class... Jim and I took it together  a couple years ago and had a blast learning from and working with Jarrod!

Go here: http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/480

Spoon Carving Saturday Event- April 5th, 10am-4pm.

-We will do a potluck-style BBQ for lunch, but there are also a few eating places within walking distance if you prefer.

-We should have a bunch of wood available, some tools for sale, lots of discussion as well as some good old quiet carving. We usually have a lot of fun.

-There will be some demonstrations, for beginners and advanced carvers.

The event happens at the Regis Art Building on the West bank of U of M campus. 405 21st Ave S.

Parking is available in the ramp on 21st street (across the street from Regis), in the lot just South of the building, or anywhere on street that you can find (beware of restrictions).

Open to all. 

No experience is necessary.

You all know about this, right? I will be sending a box with any and all of the spoons that are given to me... make sure to follow the rules and fill out a form for each spoon.

All spoon entries that you want me to ship should be delivered to the University at our spoon carving event on Saturday, April 5th.

go here for info: TASTE OF WOOD

I will not go into listing all of the things that Tim Manney seems to be doing beautifully... it would take too long. Let me just say that he, as I often say about Peter Galbert, has such a generous way of sharing information very clearly... this is what elevates the craft, helping others to learn the techniques for themselves.

Check out Tim's recent post about steam-bending spoon blanks... a great illustration of how interesting the cross-pollination of wood-working techniques can be:

http://timmanneychairmaker.blogspot.com/2014/02/steam-bent-eating-spoon.html

AWESOME!

*check out the comments on his blog post for information, or watch for updates of this process.

Hey, Gang... be aware of turner Michael Holosuk's visit coming up:

http://craftcouncil.org/event/library-salon-series-michael-hosaluk-artist-maker-educator

Jarrod's new video

Enjoy your holidays... and when you have the time, listen to this great Kevin Kling story:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4510530

Jarrod Stone Dahl @ S.V.C.C.

- Thanks again to Jarrod for a sweet demonstration last Friday.

Axe Grind definitions:

I cannot really say it better than this, so I stole these definitions from http://woodsmithexperience.co.uk

Niklas Karlsson carves a spoon

I had the chance to do a workshop with Niklas in Sweden last summer, and also just spend a few days hanging around and getting to know him. Niklas is an awesome guy, very skilled and very sweet.

Per Helldorf mechanical sculpture

Looking for some inspiration?

...follow this link to the digitized archives of a whole lot of Swedish Museum collections.

http://www.digitaltmuseum.se

I can be helpful to know that in Swedish, spoon is spelled "sked".

Some pictures from Täljfest at Sätergläntan-

-Tage Lundqvist, playing an accordion that he made himself. 

- a large spoon/ladle carved by Niklas Karlsson

- Barn may have found his Swedish doppleganger?

- I really enjoyed a bit of quiet carving time with Wille.

-Tons of activity in the evenings outside the main wood shop.

Lots of stories and pictures from Sweden, come to the next meeting on Sept 9th. at Mississippi Market.

Nice Crooks are valuable... I always feel very lucky if I am able to split them
 and get two spoons from one.

Jögge split this one and got three good spoons out of it!

You don't see that every day.