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<i>By Elizabeth Belz, 2016 Program Intern</i></div>
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A nine am start last Tuesday for North House's first ever <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/978">Viking Era Smelting Class </a>brought the immediate introduction to "the holy grail": </div>
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To begin, smelting, is the process of obtaining metal by heating and melting ore. In this case, the steel can then be consolidated and hammered into billets suitable for tool and blade making via normal blacksmithing processes. The above is a piece of steel bloom that came to fruition during a smelting in Japan, which our beloved instructor Ironwayne (AKA <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/356">Wayne Potratz</a>) accepted during one of his many trips to the country. This small piece of steel, we were told, had all the attributes we would soon be hoping to achieve in our own upcoming smelts to be performed during class in the coming days. This small chunk of steel was not only beautifully silver in color, but it also possessed three other brilliant colors; purple, blue, and gold. These made it high quality (this of course is not an exact science, but merely something that is done by eye). Additionally, this piece of bloom had visible crystals as the structure for the steel, which is another thing we'd be looking for when gauging quality of the bloom.<br />
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Our first smelt bloom of the week wasn't quite as pretty: </div>
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But what it was, was high carbon steel! (Similar to what one could perhaps think of as the Cinderella of blooms...she just needed a little polishing but she was perfect underneath)</div>
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Over our four days with Ironwayne we completed two full smelts; the first was a non-traditional (more modern) smelt using a fire brick furnace which is were the bloom above came from. This furnace was built in stages, and it took a couple hours to complete the structure... </div>
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Then we moved on to building the viking smelting furnace with a modern twist: we used a fire brick structure to support our clay shell... </div>
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The clay was a mixture of rotted granite, white sand, and potter's clay</div>
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The chimney was a metal bucket lined with a heat resisted/insulation blanket type material </div>
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This furnace took a day more of prep time because to harden the clay the furnace had to be fired. Ironwayne chose to do this by building a fire inside and letting it slowly heat to the outside for a whole day. This slow process kept the clay from cracking too much (but there were some repairs needed). </div>
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Long story short we got to prep all the materials, build the furnaces and smelt! We all left with a good amount of steel in the end. Here are more pictures of the process:</div>
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And at the end of class, much to our delight and with great amounts of hard work from everyone, we were granted the gift of high, medium, low, and very high carbon steel with only a small amount of iron (which Robert Burns helped us to spark test and id):<br />
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Needless to say this class was well worth it, and if you are interested in steel at all this is the class for you!<br />
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Side note ** I live streamed video from the first smelt on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/655819754511434/">Blacksmithing for beginners</a> page on Facebook if you interested in trying to locate it. </div>
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So far, this year has been a big one. Not only have we <a href="https://nhfs.blogspot.com/2016/05/if-you-havent-been-on-campus-recently.html">purchased the building across the street, called 501</a>, and undertaken the giant task of moving of administration offices into that building (PLUS the added bonus of a classroom), in 2016 we've now had one more major move! On 4th of July weekend the school store migrated across campus from the blue building to the yellow house on street level.<br />
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MANY PEOPLE helped make the move possible... not only are there new floors, walls, ceilings and a new built-in counter in the yellow house, but there is also a beautiful new wrap around deck and fresh coat of paint! (Also we are proud to announce that the yellow house will be handicap-accessible!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olya organizing the new shelves </td></tr>
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One (of many) great things this new move has opened up for us here is ANOTHER new classroom space which will be mainly used for fiber arts and jewelry courses... in a matter of 6 months we were able open up two new spaces for teaching and remodel two buildings! Its the dawn of a new time here on campus ... but never fear we still have Thunder Cookies on the counter in the school store and the same spectacular community surrounding us!<br />
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The new yellow house bookstore is bright, open, and ready for business! The new shelving intern Sam built is the perfect compliment to all handcrafted goodness that is newly displayed on them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our new beautiful built in book shelves brought to you by Sam G. </td></tr>
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<br />North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-87079877779725116702016-07-01T13:54:00.002-05:002016-07-01T13:54:48.001-05:00Robert Burns: The Smith Behind the Anvil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>By Elizabeth Belz, 2016 Program Intern</i><br />
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I recently had the opportunity to interview one of our North House instructors, <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/287">Robert Burns</a> who is currently offering 4 blacksmithing classes here on campus this summer, and who will also be an <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/public%20programs.htm">Instructor-in-residence</a> June 30 - July 3.<br />
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<o:p>Robert is a fascinating individual who demonstrates great skill as a blacksmith and bladesmith. Robert currently works full-time from his shop in Chaska, MN making knives, tools, and historic reproductions while also teaching blacksmithing and working towards his American Bladesmith Society (ABS) mastersmith rating. </o:p></div>
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and history for as long as I can remember. That being said I recall a very
specific day when visiting Meadowcroft Village, a historic site that hosts
various crafts people doing 18</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> century style work. I remember
spending the entire day running away from what my family was doing to watch and
talk to the smith as he made horseshoes and crowbars. I was around 12 at
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classes with Jymm Hoffman in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. To start I took his
basics class which covered many styles of S-hooks and trivets. Jymm is a highly
regarded smith in the American colonial style, so I feel very fortunate to have
had him as a teacher and mentor. I remember it took me two eight-hour days to
make maybe six hooks, and I still have two of them to this day.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">"</span></div>
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although I was able to take many classes from Jymm Hoffman, and I view him as my
primary mentor. I have also had many other teachers along the way such as Karl
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to not take your craft to seriously. Yes, you should be passionate, but never
take yourself too seriously. There is always more to learn and mistakes to be
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American colonial style simply refers to the preferred styling in form and flow
of the metal work used by 18<sup>th</sup> century American colonists, primarily
at the point of the Revolutionary War. This style was heavily English, with
some of its own local style differences, but it relied more of functionality
with simple clean finishes and little in the way of artistic flourish.</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/04/16/Reality-check-Bladesmith-from-Peters-shows-his-mettle-in-Forged-in-Fire/stories/201604160004">Pittsburgh post gazette article</a> on Robert Burns before his appearance on History Channel's Forged in Fire episode aired)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>This year you are teaching four classes at NHFS starting
in August: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6b0001; text-decoration: none;">- <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/836">Blacksmithing: Viking Fire Steels</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">- <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/714" style="color: #6b0001;">Crafting the Traditional
Pattern-Welded Puukko Knife</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">- <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/776" style="color: #6b0001;">Forging the Scandinavian Small Forest
Axe</a><span style="color: #6b0001;"> </span></span> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>- and the newly added <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/998">Damascus Rings</a> class</b></span><br />
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that is geared more towards someone who is just getting interested in
blacksmithing? </b></span></div>
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Viking fire steels class is specifically geared for people that are just
starting out, or would want a more comprehensive class that covers all of the
skills used in forge work. For those that know what a fire steel is, a historic
utility tool used for making fire, it is often a very simple item being no more
or less than it needs to be and often discarding aesthetics. During the Viking
age (roughly 900-1100 AD) the fire steels, under Viking smiths, reached a
pinnacle of complexity and beauty that was not readily explored anywhere else.
This is what we are exploring in this class through the foundational skills of
the blacksmith and recreating these items using their historic techniques.</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">"</span></div>
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Mastersmith rating from the American Bladesmith Society--how close are you
to achieving this? What else do you have left to do? (<o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.americanbladesmith.com/index.php?section=pages&id=178">Mastersmith test requirements</a>)</b></div>
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period in the ABS and will be testing for my journeyman smith stamp this year if all goes well in my examination. Upon getting my journeyman smith stamp I
qualify to take my mastersmith’s exam. All told it is an eight year process at
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<b>My last question to Robert was, "If you were to choose one title for yourself at this moment
what would it be? Blacksmith? Bladesmith? Metalworker? Ironworker? Artist?
Craftsperson? or Teacher?"</b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="line-height: normal;">And he responded in his humble Robert way by saying, <b>"</b></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I would call myself a bladesmith, then a
blacksmith, but I prefer to be called an artisan or craftsman over being called
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">If you have the chance sign up for a class with Robert--he has so much to teach! His up coming classes are listed <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm?iid=287">here</a>. </span></div>
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If you're interested in further information about Robert here are a couple links you might find interesting:<br />
Wilderness Ironworks <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfvTZth1aVQ">video</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wildernessironworks.org/">Robert's website </a><br />
<a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/287">Roberts current NH class offerings and NH Bio </a>North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-32103648482061296522016-06-03T14:22:00.000-05:002016-06-03T14:28:34.943-05:00How to make a modified birch bark star at home <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I've casually, over the last few weeks, been working with birch bark I thought it a good idea to share some of what I've learned by creating a step-by-step blog post on the subject for all of you. </div>
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These stars can be made from birch bark strips or I have modified the <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/schoolstore/item.cfm?ItemID=5">"Celebrating Birch"</a> book directions so you can do them at home with just a few simple items </div>
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- Any paper that suits your fancy (with a length of at least 11")<br />
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Step 3: fold the corners at a 45* angle (don't cut them you'll need the added strength)</div>
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Step 4: place one folded strip inside another</div>
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Step 5: Slide 1st strip down (White) and insert new strip (blue) in the opposite direction between the vertical strip (orange)</div>
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Step 6: Add fourth strip (dark purple) folded side down around either side of the 1st horizontal strip (white) and between the fold in 2nd horizontal strip (blue). </div>
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IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS (this is CRITICAL!) </div>
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Step 7: Pull all strips tight (but careful not to break) </div>
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Step 8: Folding// Fold down the upper right corner (purple) top side of the fold ONLY, (not both sides of the strip), directly down over the base</div>
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Step 9: Turn piece counter clockwise, now making the white strip on top, and fold this down just as you did with the purple one</div>
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Step 10: Continue turning the piece counter clockwise as you fold each piece of paper down until you get to the last one! </div>
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Step 11: WHEN you get to the last one.... fold it down</div>
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Step 12: Beginning the points // Take the top left strip (white) and fold it behind making it into a triangle </div>
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Step 13: Then take the strip (white) and fold it around the back to the front and straight down</div>
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Step 14: Tuck the strip (white) under one layer of the top left square (orange) </div>
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Step 15: Continue counter clockwise folding the corner strips into points until these 4 are all points </div>
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Step 16: flip your star over onto the back and repeat making 4 points on this side the same way</div>
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Fold the strip back over itself (look carefully at the way it's folded in the picture) and tuck it into the square of paper at the top that is kitty-corner to that strip before it's folded. The strip will come out of the two layers of the point you're tucking into if all goes as planned.</div>
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Step 18: Continue doing this counter clockwise </div>
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You can use any foldable/flexible material to make these stars ... I edited the original pattern which is found in the North House book <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/schoolstore/item.cfm?ItemID=5">"Celebrating birch"</a> so that you could make them using printer paper at home if you don't have access to birch </div>
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<i>by Brendan Grant, 2016 program intern</i><br />
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Spring is in the air here in Grand Marais, and as the first flowers start to bloom, local beekeeper Jeanne Wright is getting excited for the return of bee season. When she started keeping hives here a decade ago, there were only a couple of other beekeepers in the area. But fueled by an interest in local foods, sustainability, and do-it-yourself skills, that number has grown tenfold.<br />
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And it’s still growing. On June 3, Jeanne Wright and Mark Ditmanson will be teaching a half-day class on beekeeping at North House: <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/952">Beekeeping Basics.</a> The course will cover the basics of beekeeping that will be relevant to beekeepers anywhere, including ways to combat mites and other threats to a healthy hive without resorting to pesticides. But Jeanne and Mark will also explore the unique challenges that a far northern climate brings to the craft.<br />
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For Jeanne, beekeeping is about far more than honey. She was drawn to it for the opportunity to do some woodworking, to spend some time outside, and to learn more about the world around us. “I love the honey, but it’s also a window into nature.” The bees are attuned to things that may escape our notice, and by observing them we can see things we would otherwise miss. Jeanne notices bees returning to the hive with pollen well before she starts seeing pollen on flowers, and she knows the nectar is coming in when the hives start to get heavy. And it’s this, more than anything else, that makes beekeeping a joy for Jeanne. “I’d do it even without the honey,” she says with a grin.<br />
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If you want to join in on the fun, come take Jeanne and Mark’s introductory beekeeping class <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/952">Beekeeping Basics</a> on Friday, June 3. Also this weekend, our <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/birdingfestival.htm">Northern Landscapes Festival</a> features a full lineup of free speakers--<a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/birdingfestival.htm">get all the details here.</a>North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-24712081715660518992016-05-09T15:45:00.000-05:002016-05-09T15:45:05.279-05:00If you haven't been on campus recently, here's what you've been missing out on...501!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As some of you may know (or not know): North House bought a new building! This building happens to be yet another old Forest Service building but it's located across Highway 61 from the rest of campus. North House is growing at a tremendous rate and what can we say, we needed some room to let our roots spread so we can accommodate all our growing awesomeness. This building has given us administrative offices where the whole NoHo family can work elbow-to-elbow with each other AND a new class room space! Half the building still accommodates a renter which will stay (we love them!) but will allow North House room to expand in the future if we so desire.<br />
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When and how did this crazy project called 501 begin? Well... Greg left on sabbatical and after a month came back. And boom! The papers were all ready to go and signed. (I mean I might have left out a few details, but ... I think I covered the important ones. Don't worry, the board and staff were involved, and there were a lot of responsible steps to the process). </div>
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(I SWEAR THAT'S <b>NOT</b> AN OVER EXAGGERATION), they tirelessly moved EVERYTHING across the highway one box and filing cabinet at a time, built the half walls, swept, mopped and vacuumed, they even took razor blades to the old door signage....THEY WERE UNSTOPPABLE! And in just three days 501 transformed from a lifeless building to a new home for North House staff and classes. Without the help of our fearless leaders and volunteers none of this move would have been possible. A BIG thank you to everyone from the North House Staff! </div>
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path since, creating a loose triangle from New Hampshire (winters) to Arizona
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Craft focus area: Baking, woodcarving<br />
Intern focus area: Development<br />
Building: Fish House<br />
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When asked if there was anything that surprised him so far Brendan said, "Before starting people kept on telling me what a welcoming community this would be - the word 'family' came up a lot. But I didn't really appreciate what that meant. As I've gotten to know more and more instructors and people connected with North House I am continually pleasantly surprised by their curiosity about us, their eagerness to share their passions, and their love of this place and those of us fortunate enough to work here."<br />
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Brendan's <b>most memorable class</b> so far was building the <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/17">Susan Skiff with John Beltman</a>. "The class made me realize that the process of boatbuilding is even more complex than I'd imagined it could be, but somehow also more accessible. I learned the names for parts of a boat I had never noticed existed, and John was a constant source of knowledge about boatbuilding techniques and history. I'm fascinated by the relationship between meticulous measurement and instinct that informs the shaping of a boat. On the one hand there is the lofting, a full-scale diagram derived from a table of precise measurements for dozens of points along transects running the length, width, and height of the boat. Overlapping front, side, and overhead views are drawn onto two 4' x 8' panels of painted plywood, with the exact location of each mark meticulously checked and double checked.<br />
But then there's the nebulous idea of "fair curve" - a smooth arc free of awkward bends or flat sections. It's a vague definition, but we know it when we see it, and we know when it's lacking. We nail battens to the lofting and bend them to check our measurements against the natural arc formed by the wood. If there is a discrepancy, we do not force the arc to conform to our measurements but rather allow the form of the boat to be guided by the eye's preference for a fair curve. And ultimately it's that judgment, rather than precise mathematical reasoning, that makes a boat look good."</div>
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And last but not least here I am...<b>ELIZABETH BELZ</b> of Stillwater, MN. I enjoy taking pictures of the unsuspecting at every opportune moment and I'm currently 24.5 miles into a 100 mile hiking goal on the Superior Hiking Trail for 2016 (which is a part of the <a href="https://northcountrytrail.org/get-involved/special-events/hike-100-challenge/">North Country 100 year anniversary</a>). </div>
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Craft focus area: Basketry, Blacksmithing, spinning yarn and broom tying<br />
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Building: Blacksmithing shop<br />
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I think my <b>most memorable class</b> thus far has been Ian's <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/455">Black Ash Pack Basket class</a>, which I had miraculously got into at the last possible minute. Not only were the materials like no other I have ever used before, but Ian is a fantastically patient teacher, always adjusting for the needs of his students. This class usually fills quickly and has a waiting list so if you're interested you should sign up quick! And plus LOOK AT THIS PACK I MADE !!!! (Most amazing thing in the history of the WORLD!) </div>
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We have done and shared so many things together already, and we have so many more experiences to share just around the corner! Tacked to the
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-3588530176510549162015-12-01T14:19:00.002-06:002015-12-01T14:19:50.982-06:00Harvesting a Tree to Weave into a Backpack<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Another batch of Black Ash Pack Basket makers
hatched this summer, thanks to Instructor <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/209">Ian Andrus</a>. A past intern at North
House and a current instructor of many classes, Ian teaches this class at least
twice a year, and it always fills up. As a student of that class, I could tell
Ian was a seasoned instructor who had sorted out kinks of teaching the class a
while ago. He was always a step ahead of us, ready to demonstrate the next
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A neat aspect of this class is that students
work to prepare the materials from a log into a basket, rather than the
instructor prepping all of the material so that students show up and only
experience weaving. Over the course of three days, students phased from
pounding hardwood mallets on bare black ash tree logs and peeling strips of
growth rings on the first day, to scraping and cutting the splint to weaving
size on the first and second days, and finally, weaving the basket on days two
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The missing step is harvesting the black ash
tree. Prior to the class, I seized the opportunity to go into the woods with
Ian to select and haul out a few black ash trees on a friend’s private
property. We searched for a straight tree with a healthy crown and a 6-8’
section with few to no branches. Then we used a tree core borer to check out
the thickness of the growth rings (which become the splint you peel, cut, and
weave). Without a tree core borer, an alternative is to chip away a very small
section to sneak a peek inside the bark. Both methods, when done correctly, do
not harm the tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">When we found the tree, Ian used a chainsaw to fell the tree
and cut it into logs. We hoisted it onto shoulders and hiked back to the truck.
In between harvesting and the class, the logs are tied up with a rope to the
North House dock and they float and stay fresh in Lake Superior. At the end of
the class, plenty of splint remained for future basket projects. Perhaps some
of the students will share the skills they learned so that another batch of
black ash pack basket makers will hatch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">See more on Black Ash Basketry classes here:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">- April 1-3, 2016 | </span><a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/455" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Black Ash Pack Baskets</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- April 30-May 1 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/178">Black Ash Basketry: An Introduction</a></span></div>
North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-46824256475847913432015-12-01T14:19:00.001-06:002015-12-01T14:21:08.615-06:00Mother and Daughter Take the Hard Out of Hardanger<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">While prepping for a summery pizza bake, I
recognized a new student and quickly discovered she was my college physics
professor, Barbara Whitten. I could not resist sitting in on the class, “<a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/739">Taking the Hard out of Hardanger</a>” to learn more about the craft and catch up with my
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Native to Minnesota, Barbara found North House
Folk School while searching for a needlework class to gift to her mother,
Shirley, for her 93rd birthday. The Hardanger class caught her eye. It’s a
craft her Scandinavian great-grandmother practiced, and one Barbara wanted to
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Barbara and Shirley spent two days with
instructor, <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/292">Lori Zimmerman</a>, who patiently taught them to stitch a variety of
designs and carefully cut out holes in between delicately stitched canvas.
Through wide smiles, these two life-long learners were determined to try (and
practice) a new skill. The mother-daughter duo maintained a high level of focus
while chatting about family history and the importance of passing on skills
from generation to generation.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Shirley believes family gatherings like this one
are vital to passing skills on through experience or stories. Shirley recalled
her grandmother claiming “reading is bad for you” (a thought which Shirley would dissent)
and that we ought to always be doing something like needlework, cooking,
hunting, or practicing craft together. Throughout the two days, conversation toggled
between family stories and questions on where to stitch next. This winter,
Shirley and Barbara plan to pick up their needles and return to stitching more
hardanger projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- Feb 13-14, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/739">Taking the Hard out of Hardanger</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Interested in fibers?</b> Don't miss the <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/northernfibersretreat.htm"><b>Northern Fibers Retreat, Feb 11-16</b></a>, including two dozen classes, evening gatherings, and lunch & learns, and more!</span><br />
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-38654184380598391722015-11-24T13:42:00.001-06:002015-12-01T18:09:57.718-06:00An Internship EndsIf if weren't for the changing day length, I might never have noticed that my time at North House was coming to a close. Indeed, after a peak of 16 hours of daylight in June, we are now watching the sun set before 4:30 PM. (And an interesting coincidence: the final days of our internship have almost the same amount of daylight as the week we arrived: around 9 hours. I like that. It helps me feel a sense of a cycle coming back around: just as the beginning, also the end.)<br />
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I say I might not have noticed the end was coming because life has been so full, busy and enriching that I practically haven't had the time (or maybe the desire) to look at a calendar. I have been working wildly to finish projects, to collect materials and resources, to buy good books from the school store and take my last classes. These 10 months have absolutely flown past me.<br />
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I want to spend this final blog post thinking back to the people and experiences that shaped my time here. In my first draft of this post I waxed poetic, at length, about all the tremendous people, classes, and students that I came to know. I mentioned the staff: their tireless work ethic, dedication to this mission, sense of humor, and care for each other. </div>
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I mentioned all the fantastic instructors: their knowledge, generosity and willingness to share that knowledge day and night, and the inspiration that oozes into the classroom and their students. Really remarkable people.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our spoon carving class has two instructors...as you can see is necessary.</td></tr>
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And the students: every week, a new outpouring of energy came flowing off of Highway 61, bright-eyed and ready to learn. One of my favorite examples of a North House student: Erik took four of our basketry classes this summer (and traveled around the Midwest to at least 3 other basket classes) during his journey to dive into basket-making.</div>
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The classes I took here brought me an incredible amount of knowledge and built interest for my future crafts. The caliber of the classes and instruction was so high.<br />
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And last but definitely not least, it was such a joy to be a part of team intern. These friends, roommates, co-workers and fellow learners most certainly were my team. We went through so much and I learned many lifelong lessons from them.<br />
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So, I thought the best way for me to sum up my internship is with some bits of wisdom I gained during this year. Here, then, are thirteen lessons I learned this year.<br />
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Lesson one: Jim Sannerud is one shady character. *</div>
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Lesson two: it doesn't need to be great - it doesn't even need to be good. <br />
It just matters that I'm trying.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha and I collaborated on a captive ring - it wasn't pretty, but it was a captive ring!</td></tr>
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Lesson three: many people working together can accomplish remarkable things.<br />
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Lesson four: the more I give, the more I receive.</div>
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Lesson five: take time for people. I had fun crafting, but my time was shaped more<br />
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Lesson six: Jim Sannerud is always watching. *<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eyes locked on</td></tr>
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Lesson seven: wood-fired pizza is really good. Especially when new students bring new toppings each week. Meat classes almost always bring fresh sausage, sometimes we had 6 types of cheese, and "craziest toppings" contest brought in gummi bears, marshmallows, blueberries and figs. YUM!<br />
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Lesson eight: practice and patience, patience and practice, practice and patience.</div>
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Lesson nine: take care of my tools, and keep my space organized! (Thanks Russ!)</div>
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Lesson ten: generosity and kindness create a positive place with happy people.</div>
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Lesson eleven: have fun!!<br />
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Lesson thirteen: I have been so lucky to live here. My friend Joan pulled me outside recently to stand in silence together and watch a gorgeous sunset over the calm harbor. She said quietly, "You're so lucky to live here." I'm glad she said that, and it's true, I have lived in a remarkably beautiful place. But I take that in a more universal sense: we are all lucky to be exactly where we are. Life is a beautiful endeavor, no matter what form it comes in! </div>
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And finally, to give an update on one of my year's most exciting projects: I finished my snowshoes! The first snow flurries came on the same day that I finished them, and I'm eagerly anticipating the white winter months ahead.<br />
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into the next. This year was everything it could have been, and more. Thank you, North House. Thank you!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">* Of course I was joking about Jim Sannerud. He is a dear friend and skilled instructor - one of the many people I have had the honor of meeting and poking fun at. Thanks for being a good sport Jim!</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.2;">Whether you are an avid Boundary Water wilderness tripper, a weekend warrior car camper, or a steadfast suburbanite, Kyle "Lindy" Lind believes there is something to be gained from a bushcraft class. "</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">When we engage in the act of making or harvesting what we need from the land with our hands and simple tools, we are tapping into something very primal. We are reconnecting with who we are, and a big part of what it means to be human."</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Simply put, the term "bushcraft" means wilderness skills. Bushcraft involves intimately knowing your natural surroundings and using the materials around you to survive and, hopefully, thrive. Bushcraft is taught and learned using only a few hand tools, such as a knife, ax and saw, and these tools are used creatively in conjunction with tools constructed from the forest. </span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Lindy has long been interested in the outdoors and how people from the past lived in wild places. Then, about ten years ago he met and studied under a number of people who had worked with Mors Kochanski, the father of northern bushcraft. Kochanski was a mentor, teacher and inspiration for a whole generation of wilderness wanderers, authoring a book called, appropriately, <u>Bushcraft,</u> and teaching at North House until 2011. </span><br />
<span style="line-height: 19.2px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">While bushcraft may seem simple or primitive, Lindy knows how complex it is. "</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">No other type of outdoor recreation demands that we learn how to identify plants and know how to use them for food, medicine, fire, shelter, rope, etc. Bushcraft also demands that we understand and know how to track animals, read the weather and determine where to set a net or trap to catch your dinner. You have to be able to read an infinite number of clues to put it all together. In that respect, bushcraft is all-encompassing, thoroughly stimulating, and it connects one to the land, themselves and our roots more than any outdoor activity out there."</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;"></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Living in the outdoors in the winter in Northern MN might sound cold and difficult, but there is an art to being comfortable. Lindy's most important survival tool? "</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">The clothes on my back. </span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">Inuit people are taught through their legends to stay put and sit out the storm - t</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">hey can do that because they have incredible insulation on their backs, and when the storm passes they can easily walk home."</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">And in some ways, being in the wilds in winter is easier than the summer. "</span><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">No bugs, for one," Lindy reminds us. "And you can travel over land and swamps much easier, which gives easy access to areas that you might not be able to access during summer. Plus snow makes finding animals easier."</span><span style="line-height: 1.2;"><br /><br />What better place to learn wilderness skills than here at North House, right next to the Boundary Waters, one of the most unique and beautiful wilderness areas in the country. Next time you head into your back-country campsite, or start a fire in your backyard firepit, you could do it with two sticks instead of your lighter!</span></div>
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See more on Lindy's upcoming classes here:<br />
- Nov 20 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/912">Bushcraft Primer</a><br />
- Nov 22-23 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/911">Welcome to the Bush: Northern Bushcraft Field Intensive</a><br />
And see the whole <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/winterer'sgathering.htm">Winterer's Gathering lineup here.</a><br />
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If you had driven from Minneapolis to Duluth this past March and you had been scanning the wood-line along the side of the interstate, you may have been able to catch a glimpse of a small group of people emerging from the woods, looking like they were also walking out of the 18th century. They would have been wearing buckskin, wool and beaver hides and been pulling 10 foot-long handmade toboggans with their food and gear. <br />
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This wasn't a survival TV show or a re-enactment event. It was a group of friends traveling by foot over the snow, using gear they made themselves, to their destination. It was an experiment and experience in "honest living." And for at least one of the participants, North House instructor Nate Johnson, this was the realization of a core life philosophy: being connected.<br />
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Nate is a native to Northern Minnesota. In his mid-20s, driven by a longing for "something different" than the city, and by a growing awareness of the unknown and unintended consequences of supporting a globalized, industrialized system, he began seeking a new way to live. He moved to New England and tried his hand at farming, construction and stone masonry.<br />
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Truly being connected to the things we use in our lives is no longer a simple, easy or comfortable endeavor. Most of us use products from China and buy shirts fabricated in El Salvador and fill our houses with objects made with lots of dirty energy. What impacts do we have across the world from the things we use? Who are we affecting? It's almost impossible to know. Nate wanted to learn to directly source materials and create things with his own two hands (his website, which is worth checking out, is <a href="http://ivegottwohands.com/">ivegottwohands.com</a>).<br />
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Nate had a continual impulse to live more simply. He wanted to get closer to the source of the things he used in his daily life. He started observing the trees and plants and mushrooms and animals around him <span style="background-color: white;">more closely</span>. Which are edible? <span style="background-color: white;">How and when are plants harvested? </span>He started looking at the tools and objects around him. How is a canoe made? Or this knife? Or the clothes we wear?<br />
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Autumn carries him to the still waters of north-central Minnesota and the abundant wild rice stands. He and friends harvest wild rice into their canoes, parch it, jig it, winnow it. That food stash, which can amount to 200 pounds, is supplemented by harvesting other fall foods like mushrooms, cranberries, whitefish and acorns.<br />
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His snowshoes, toboggan and beaver fur aid his journey through winter, the time of year for hunting and trapping. For his journeys, he sewed himself a lightweight cotton canvas tent that holds six people and a travel stove for heat. He hunts and traps for food and furs. During the winter walkabout mentioned earlier, three people walked 19 days and 120 miles and ate mostly wild harvested foods that they packed. Their diet was supplemented by trapping five beavers along the way.<br />
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Then comes the sweetest season of all: spring and maple sugaring. A primitive camp is built in a maple forest on state land. Weeks of work ensue: sumac taps, buckets, barrels, large boiling pan and fire, sugaring pots and more fire, round-the-clock shifts tending the fire, meals cooked over a…you guessed it: fire. The year's supply of syrup and sugar is made while the snow melts and the trees begin to wake up. Spring is also the time for netting smelt and suckers, and hunting down ramps, nettles and other greens.<br />
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The summer brings a chance for some rest - music and dance - before the birch bark sheds its skin and the berries turn from green to red and blue and black and juicy. And not long after that, the wild rice is ripening again.<br />
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Nate is a multi-talented crafter and instructor. He builds canoes, snowshoes, toboggans, crooked knives, and baskets, he tans hides and sews leather, he harvests wild food year-round, and he teaches wildlife tracking and plant identification and much more. The crafts he practices are not hobbies. "Every craft is generally a part of my lifestyle and they all feel an equal part of it." When asked which craft he is most drawn to, he cannot choose. "They exist in balance. If I do any one for too long I get tired of it. It throws everything else out of rhythm."<br />
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Finding good teachers has been important to Nate. Among others, he has sought out knowledge in Northern Quebec from Cree elders, some of the last people there with memories of their ancestral traditions. He has organized group "cultural tourism" trips to stay and learn with them in the bush. The trips were "almost a pilgrimage. This is where the knowledge has lived and still lives. I feel like myself and my peers, we're looking in books, we're trying to understand a way of living that isn't practiced anymore. To go to [the Cree elders] is to see it directly - it's really powerful."<br />
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And Nate wants to pass this knowledge on. "I'm trying not to have it be a personal journey. The idea is to share and teach; if people are interested, that's really nice, but you can't make people interested." However, says Nate, "people want to have a real experience of living. That's why people come to North House Folk School. We want to have some connection to our lives."<br />
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The deeper and more directly he connects with the food and tools and clothes he uses in his life, the better he says it feels. His dream: to travel by foot, by canoe, and by snowshoe. His journey: "what does life of true connection look like? I don't want to talk about it - I want to do it."<br />
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And doing it he is. If you are driving on a highway past a lake or forest in Northern MN anytime soon, take a look out your window. You just might see Nate out there, harvesting food or materials for his next project, connecting with the world around him with his own two hands.<br />
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Nate occasionally teaches courses at North House, keep an eye on future catalogs for a chance to take a course with him.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">At No</span>rth Hous<span style="background-color: white;">e, I frequently have the experience of being inspired. </span> I strike up a conversation with a student or instructor and before long I am hearing about a project or idea that gets my eyes dilating and blood rolling. "I could do that!" I think, and thus begins a new pursuit for a budding crafts-person.<br />
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In that spirit, I want to tell you about Lindy and Ashlee's project.<br />
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I dream of building myself a cabin someday. I once helped a friend build a small post and beam cabin out of fir poles. It is a fairly common human trait to use the tools and materials available around us that make the job easier and faster. Thus, despite my interest in old-fashioned skills and processes, along with chisels and hammers, we used a chainsaw and circular saw and impact drivers.<br />
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Because of this natural human inclination, I am always impressed when I hear about people that eschew modern technology for something simpler.<br />
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Which brings me to one of the inspiring interactions I had this year: the story of Kyle "Lindy" Lind, a 2013 North House intern, and Ashlee Kveton building a cabin - a home - for themselves. And they are building it without chainsaw or power tools of any kind.<br />
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They are building a full-scribe trapper-style log cabin out of trees from their land, using only hand tools to do the log work. Lest you think they are exaggerating when they say "only hand tools": they started in September 2014, felling red pines with a cross cut saw and ax. These logs are moved by hand then scribed and notched and carved with ax and gouge until they fit perfectly with the log below. They are pulled up the walls with a cross haul - an ingenious rope-based moving system. The floor plan is 11 x 13 feet, and the walls will
reach about 9 feet high, with king posts on the gable ends supporting
the ridgepole. North House didn't offer this class when Lindy was an intern, so they have taught themselves what they need to know. They are finishing the last of 58 wall logs this week!<br />
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This is their self-built home for now, but will eventually become a sauna when they build a larger home. Located on five acres of red pine and mixed hardwood forest on an island next to the Boundary Waters, they cross the lake by snowshoe and toboggan in the winter and by canoe during the summer. If they need to bring heavy material or equipment in, they use a snowmobile or motorboat. Their water source is at the end of a quarter mile hike, so they look forward to getting a metal roof up to collect rainwater.</div>
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"Why?" I can imagine you asking. "Why so basic? So remote? And why with only hand tools?" There are some practical reasons: the building requires few resources to build and will be easy to heat. Using only hand tools is a great opportunity to learn to use an ax efficiently and to learn how to sharpen a crosscut saw. Lindy has spent many years working with chainsaws and mills, so now the quiet of hand tools is very welcome.<br />
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Other reasons for building simply go deeper to the source of their life philosophy. This cabin project is inexpensive (so far, they've invested $200 in their home). Avoiding debt gives them invaluable time. "The thing that drives us more than anything is the desire to be free to do the things that we want to do", said Lindy. And ultimately, that is to reconnect with the land beneath their feet and live in the wild. Ashlee and Lindy have a deep passion for wilderness and old-fashioned crafts. "We're out there trying to live simply. We want to accumulate knowledge and experience and wisdom." Lindy then added, "Plus we think it's really cool." Me too, Lindy.<br />
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Ashlee and Lindy want to share that deep passion for wilderness and old-fashioned crafts. This land, on the edge of the Boundary Waters, may be a future base out of which they could run traditional skills classes and wilderness trips.<br />
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No matter whether this labor of love ends up a cozy winter home, a sauna, or a wilderness skills outfitter, I hope the cabin stands for a long time, inspiring and reminding anyone who sees it that the old ways are still alive, and still so pertinent and precious in our modern world. Keep it up Ashlee and Lindy!<br />
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Worth noting: Lindy will be teaching two Bushcraft courses during <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/winterer'sgathering.htm">Winterer's Gathering, Nov 20-22. Find out more by clicking here.</a></div>
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-56235847366816190482015-10-05T14:15:00.001-05:002015-10-05T14:15:13.789-05:00Eating Nose to Tail: Going Whole Hog in Butchery<div class="Body">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Eating Nose to Tail: Going Whole Hog in Butchery</span></b><br />
<i>by Erin Swenson-Klatt, 2015 program intern</i><br />
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<i>To take a foods class with <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/269">Eric Edgin</a> is to be fully immersed
in a subject, whether fermentation, butchering meats, or foraging. Whatever
their experience level, students are sure to learn about the cultural,
ecological, and scientific background of their chosen topic. Eric's students have
described him as super knowledgeable, warm, wise, and innovative. Intern Erin
sat down with Eric recently to chat about his upcoming butchery, salumi, and meat
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<b>Eric, how did you learn about butchery and charcuterie?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I grew up in a really small town, hunting and fishing, so I
butchered a lot of small game and deer.
More recently, I found I couldn’t eat much grains and legumes, so I
wanted to build my diet around more meat, but really good quality. And that is
expensive. I started buying whole animals and butchering them myself. I read
all kinds of books about butchery to learn more, and then by reading and
butchering at the same time, learned more and more. I had also been fermenting
a lot of vegetables, and making the jump from vegetables to fermenting whole
muscle meat [charcuterie style] was not a stretch. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What does good meat mean to you?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I choose meat that is raised outdoors, with access to pasture and
foraged foods. Ideally, I want the animal to rotate through different pastures,
but I also work with farmers who have less space and can supplement a smaller
pasture with a varied diet, including fruit or vegetables and hay. I want the
animals to move too, because movement means darker meat, with lots of collagen
and fuller flavors. This kind of meat gives me peace of mind, in regards to the
animal’s life and the environment. But it’s also about
flavor. It’s really hard to go back to commercial pork once you’ve
started eating the good stuff. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Do you have any charcuterie staples that you try to
keep around on a regular basis? What are you excited about making next?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I love dry cured pancetta. But I use everything. I’ve
been moving through intestines more slowly but I’m starting to do
more dried sausages. Dried sausages are more complicated than whole muscle
curing. But they are a much faster process, a few months as opposed to up to a
year, and that’s really rewarding. I’m really excited
about exploring that more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What</b><b>’s
the most exciting part of your butchering classes?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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It’s really great to be able to custom
cut everything. Typically, we can get good meat from places like a co-op or
farmer, but they are butchering to get the most cuts of meat possible to sell.
We can choose more usual cuts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What are your favorites? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Roasts are great. I really like cutting shanks up for traditional
European ragus. And British bacon is a great cut; it includes the tenderloin as
well as the top of the chop, and you can either smoke that or roast it. It’s
just delicious. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>You</b><b>’ve
got a Pork Butchery for Home Use class coming up again in November. What are
some of your favorite things about this class? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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I love being able to show people all the things that they can get
from a pig. Lots of students come with great questions about the mechanics of
butchery, and that leads to great conversations – I aways feel like I learn something from those
conversations. Besides the different cuts of meat, we talk about lard, a fat
with comparable health benefits to olive oil. And we usually talk about short
term preservation and make some terrines and other traditional dishes to really
use up the whole animal.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Where</b><b>’s
the hog from for this fall</b><b>’s
class?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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It’s being raised outside of Duluth, and
I’m helping raise it. It’s a mix of
different heritage breeds: Red Wattle, Kune Kune, and American Guinea Hog. The
Red Wattle is a leaner, fast growing breed, and the other two breeds add some
more mass. It’s been raised all outdoors, and it eats grass, fallen
apples, whatever else we toss in there. It’s going to be
delicious.</div>
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<b>Anything else you want to say to future students?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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My goal with all my classes is to leave people well informed and
ready to explore a topic more in depth after the class is over. There are so
many points of view to come at these [food] topics, including scientific and
different culinary traditions. I want to focus on making sure people are really
comfortable with the process so that they can go back home and do it on their
own. Getting half a hog can feel like a huge, intimidating thing, but I want to
make it feel manageable. </div>
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See more on Eric Edgin's classes here:<br />
- Nov 7-8 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/716">Pork Butchery for Home Use: Nose to Tail</a><br />
- March 31-April 2, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/318">Charcuterie Beyond the Basics: Methods of Meat Preservation</a><br />
- Nov 18-20, 2015 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/671">Salumi: Traditional Dry Curing Methods</a></div>
North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-83456859226674594392015-10-05T14:15:00.000-05:002015-10-05T14:15:11.112-05:00New Horizons in Baking: Sprouted Grain Flours<div class="Body">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">New Horizons in Baking: Sprouted Grain Flours</span></b><br />
<i>by Erin Swenson-Klatt, 2015 program intern</i><br />
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<i>Bread baker extraordinaire and North House instructor <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/55">Amy James</a> is always on the lookout for new horizons in bread baking. When she found
a new book by Peter Reinhart on baking bread with sprouted grain flours, she
headed for the kitchen to test out these new flours. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Amy has baked with whole grain flours for a long time. Those
are flours that include the germ and bran, important for nutrition and flavor.
Sprouted grain flours are made from grains that are soaked and sprouted, dried
and re-ground. Once the grains have sprouted, a variety of chemical reactions
take place and the grains transform from a dry cereal crop to a living plant,
and the resulting flour is quite different from our conventional flours. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Amy, what is so exciting about using sprouted grain flours?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Well, in whole grain baking there has been a trend towards using
techniques that extract the maximum nutrition and flavor from our flours. We
use preferments and long, slow, cold rises to achieve these goals. The
fermentation develops more nutrition –<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span>vitamins and minerals, not just fiber –<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">
</span>and makes that nutrition available for our bodies to digest more easily.
Sprouted Grain flours do all this fermentation before hand, so the flavor and
nutrition is all there, without the time. But it’s also a really
different animal, so you have to treat it differently than typical flours. It
soaks up so much moisture, and the dough stays kind of spongy. But you are
rewarded with great tasting, super nutritious, and very digestible bread.</div>
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<b>Does it taste different?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Yes! It tastes sweeter, and there’s none of the
bitterness we get from whole grain wheat flours, from the bran. All that is
broken down. The flavor just opens up!</div>
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<b>You</b><b>’re
teaching a new class using these sprouted grain flours in the spring. Can you
give us a preview?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This is really a stand alone class, because the techniques are so
different from the other Artisan Breads classes. We typically need to start the
night before with our preferments, but this class will just be one day, and we’ll
still get all the flavor from our flour that comes from fermentation, except
for the tang [of sourdough]. But the nutrition will all be there.</div>
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We’ll make a delicious whole grain pizza
dough, and we’ll been making these fabulous whole grain crackers too. We
use rye, wheat, kamut, spelt, and sunflower seeds for the crackers, so you can
get lots of benefits from the different whole grains in these great tasting,
easy to eat crackers. And then we’ll make a whole grain loaf, either
wheat or rye. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>You</b><b>’ve
taught so many classes here at North House. Do you have a favorite part of
class?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Yes! There are two touchstone moments that I really love. The
first moment is when we take the first thing out of the oven and taste it. We
do so much work leading up to that moment, and when we take things out and the
students say “This is the best bread I’ve ever had!”<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">
</span>everyone’s just so happy. The other moment is
at the end of the day, when the students lay out their bread like it’s
in a bakery window, and take photos of each other. They are so proud of what
they’ve made, and it’s all so beautiful, like art!</div>
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The most important thing is that students are able to walk away
from class empowered with the knowledge and skills to be able to go home and
continue doing it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Do you ever hear from students after the class?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I do! I love getting those emails! Sometimes it’s
a question, but usually they are emailing: “Amy, I just had a
bake day!”<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span>and they’ll send me photos
of all the bread they’ve made at home. It’s
the greatest thing.<br />
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See more on Amy James' upcoming classes here:<br />
- May 8, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/892">Introduction to Sprouted Grain Flour</a><br />
- Jan 29-30, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/565">Artisan Breads I</a><br />
- May 6-7, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/566">Artisan Breads II</a><br />
- Jan 31, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/64">Flatbreads from the Wood-Fired Hearth</a><br />
- March 11-13, 2016 | <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/215">Whole Grain Bakery</a><br />
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-67161533154180939732015-09-26T15:08:00.000-05:002015-09-26T15:47:10.556-05:00A Man and His Craft: Woodworking Over Age 100<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A Man and His Craft: Woodworking Over Age 100</span></b><br />
<i>by Caleb Mattison, 2015 program intern</i><br />
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Art started out looking at a huge piece of a box elder tree. This wood was then mounted on a lathe and turned into the shape of a large bowl. "When you cut wet wood it has a beautiful sound to it--it seems like it's waiting to be turned," says Art. Art was creating a birthday bowl for himself out of this box elder, which came from a tree that was probably a seedling around the year he retired. If that story line and the math in it seem wrong, Let me explain: while Art was turning that birthday bowl, he was also turning 100 years old.<br />
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Art Grabowski is now 102 and still actively working in his Grand Forks, ND shop. He is a talented woodworker and turner who talks as much about design, architecture and art as he does about wood. Wood just happens to be his chosen medium.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Working wood, for Art, began as a utilitarian practice. He describes how "everything was made out of wood." Growing up in Milwaukee in the <span style="background-color: white;">1910s and 1920s</span>, he lived in an age when most around-the-house improvement work was done with hand tools. Art was surrounded by traditional craft, from stone masonry to beer brewing, and regularly watched his father and grandfather work with wood.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dwarfed by cottonwood trees</td></tr>
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Around the years of the Great Depression, Art helped build sailboats as a pastime and also ran a framing shop with his brother where he connected with people making moulded and carved frames. Through these experiences, his knowledge of wood grew.<br />
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When Art retired from a career as a federal grain inspector (right around when that box elder tree started growing), he dug into woodworking as a hobby. His inspiration was some small wooden boxes that he saw in a jewelry store in California. He was mesmerized. Art went home and bought the tools he needed to start making boxes. Around the same time, he started meeting with a group of hobbyist woodworkers. They were carpenters and bowl turners, and they inspired him even further.<br />
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Since then he has spent most days in his wood shop, either working on his house or making boxes or bowls or wooden-ware. And he has been successful with it -- when asked about Art's work, Lou Pignolet, a bowl turning instructor at North House, describes his boxes as intricate and complex, "The workmanship is excellent."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few of Art's elaborate boxes. These measure about 6" long</td></tr>
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Talking to Art about wood could inspire just about anyone to want to hold, touch and shape a piece of wood. Art approaches wood not as a creator, but as a humble and grateful friend, observing and listening. "Wood is really a wonderful thing to get into," he said. "Pieces of wood become pals." According to his grandson, Talon Stammen (a talented craftsman himself), when Art is working a burl, he likes to put it on his bench and look at it for a while. He lets the wood decide what it wants to be -- a bowl, a plate, maybe a lidded container. <br />
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The theme that comes up the most with Art is nature as the ultimate architect. "Nature is 100% design," he said. "Leaves, bugs, animals, people; nature does all that designing." Art always wants to let the natural beauty of the wood shine through. Rather than paint or carve a piece, he leaves it mostly natural to see the grain of the wood.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art with his grandson Talon, the next generation woodworker</td></tr>
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After working with only dry wood for years, Art found a new world in green wood when he began turning. "Dry wood has its merits and so does fresh wood," he said. "[Fresh wood has] no dust, and it makes beautiful shavings. It's relaxing, it gives you more freedom, and the tool reacts differently. The wood reacts to your personality."<br />
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Lou Pignolet, who has taught and hosted Art often over the past few years, considers Art as much a teacher as he is a student. "I frequently 'hear' him in my mind coaching me while I am turning a challenging bowl and deciding on its style and design," Lou said. And Art's youthful spirit and energy is a great reminder to never lose our curiosity. "He is interested in everything and excited about learning. I can say without hesitation that Art is the most interesting person I have met," says Lou.</div>
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<b>Want to meet Art? </b>We are happy to announce that Art Grabowski has been invited to be a featured guest at <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/freshcut.htm">Fresh Cut, our first annual wood turning symposium, October 30-November 1.</a> Art will be displaying some of his work and is very excited to connect with other wood turners.<br />
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Among the many people that inspired Art, his older brother may have been the first. Says Art, "His story was: whatever interests you, put it in your hand and really look it over." Good advice for amateur and expert woodworkers and wood turners alike. Come join us at Fresh Cut, grab a chunk of wood, look it over, then let the chips fly!North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-59322514825773892432015-09-26T15:06:00.000-05:002015-09-26T15:46:54.655-05:00Everyday Sloyd: Make Home Items by Hand<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Everyday Slöjd: Make Home Items by Hand</b></span><br />
<i>by Caleb Mattison, 2015 program intern</i><br />
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What's Slöjd? Find out in two brand new courses: "Everyday Slöjd for the Bed and Bath," and "Everyday Slöjd for the Kitchen," with instructor Paul Linden during Winterer's Gathering this November. You'll learn to make handy home items by hand! For a good description of what they're about, and a description of that strange word "slöjd" in the title, see the course webpages for both: <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/887">Everyday Slöjd for the Bed and Bath</a> and <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/888">Everyday Slöjd for the Kitchen</a>.</div>
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Paul is known at North House for his <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/179">various woodworking and tool-making classes</a>, for both kids and adults. He is patient as an instructor and brings a rich message of optimism and learning. "It is important to remember that if you love any of these activities and you are willing to practice them, your skill will increase, and soon you will be refocused on what you can do well, not on what you can't," he said.<br />
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If you love wood, want to learn to work with wood, or would like to replace some of your household items with fresh, homemade versions, sign up for a class with Paul! Visit North House's website or give us a call to register: <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/887">Everyday Slöjd for the Bed and Bath</a> and <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/888">Everyday Slöjd for the Kitchen</a> or 888-387-9762.</div>
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After coming back from a stint in South America where she built a house and began to learn some woodworking, she wanted to get more serious about carving. How did she find a teacher? This was pre-North House, so the yellow pages, of course! She found a teacher who she studied with for 7 years. That era shaped her interest in masks, so she found a traditional mask maker in Bali and traveled there to study for several months.<br />
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Masks were her main focus for a time, but she found a studio space and started doing any woodcarving work she could think of. She decided "if I want to make MY art, I better start just doing it."<br />
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Since then she has worked on refining pieces to function for a long time without wearing or needing to be fixed. She is trying to build with indestructible pieces, which is lots of work but interesting work.<br />
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"When things move they are more alive. There's just something fascinating about movement. I think it's genetic, or part of our predatory nature. You're turning the crank, you're seeing it move, but somehow there's some sort of disbelief - 'how can this thing move?' "<br />
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A quick postscript to thank my Dad for his video editing work. He made the video in this post, and the video from my <a href="http://nhfs.blogspot.com/2015/06/pram-build.html">earlier pram post</a>. Both times I brought photos to him without a clue how to make them look good, and both times he created his own works of moving art, full of his lively, quirky personality. Thanks for your enthusiasm and creativity Dad!</div>
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We call it "Live Craft". Every intern at North House chooses a skill that they want to develop and share with visitors to campus, and we demonstrate our chosen craft one Sunday each month on the commons.<br />
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I have been enamored by snowshoes for years. Such simple implements - strategically shaped wood and webbing, maybe a few pieces of metal to hold it all together - that are perfectly adapted to allow travel across expanses of wintertime land that wouldn't be accessible otherwise. I remember a few winters ago snowshoeing with ease through the backcountry of the Porcupine Mountains and wondering how deep was the snow below me. I stuck my hiking pole handle-first into the surface at my feet and the entire 5 foot pole disappeared. I remember feeling a sense of wonder and appreciation for these humble tools strapped to my feet. Eons of experience encapsulated.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let it begin! Mike chainsaws the log - the only power tool that touched my shoes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tree becomes halves then quarters...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving wedges to begin the split</td></tr>
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I was able to get my hands on two pieces of straight-grain, mostly knot-free tree trunks: one was a paper birch and the other a black ash (thanks Mike, Kidds, and Ian!). Black ash bends extremely well and is a commonly used wood, and it was suggested to me that paper birch may have traditionally been used in this region to make snowshoes.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then eighths, then (maybe) sixteenths.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Step one: riving the log into staves. This means splitting the wood along the grain with wedges and mallet and froe. Maintaining the wood grain, rather than sawing across it, creates a stronger piece of wood that is less likely to crack.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using my crooked knife to rough out the shape</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Step two: Shaping the staves down to size. The finished frame pieces are 1/2" inch wide and 3/4" tall and this step involves bringing them down nearly to that size. I used a draw knife and shaving horse, but also practiced using a crooked knife - a traditional tool of the Eastern Woodland native Americans that is essentially a one-handed draw knife.</span><br />
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Step three: Bending the staves in the form. I soaked the staves in hot water then quickly bent them into place on a form. This is an Ojibway style snowshoe - the shoes have pointed tips on both ends.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frame pieces heated, then bent into the form - black ash</td></tr>
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Step four: Final shaping and smoothing. I used the crooked knife, block plane, spokeshave and cabinet scraper to bring the staves down to their final uniform size and shape, and to smooth the tool marks off.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the tools I've used so far except the hand drill</td></tr>
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Step five: Mortising for the cross pieces, cutting out the cross pieces, and riveting the ends together. This is when the shoe took on a new, finished, solid quality. Making progress!<br />
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Looking forward, I will be weaving the webbing pattern and creating foot bindings.<br />
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I find myself continually grateful for this opportunity. My internship has given me access to so many quality tools, great shop space, and most importantly for this project, what seems like the largest concentration of people anywhere in Minnesota who have experience making snowshoes. I have been so glad to hear their ideas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steps 1-5 displayed together</td></tr>
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The most beautiful thing about this project for me, certainly beyond creating a useful pair of snowshoes, is the opportunity to learn totally new and foreign skills, partly by advice from experts (why reinvent the wheel?) and partly by using my intuition, body, and mind to teach myself. I believe that there are so many skills that we all hold within us and innately know, despite never learning them in our lifetimes. Call it genetic wisdom or inherited knowledge or whatever you want, but we have generations, centuries, millenia of using our hands to create every part of our lives. It is so exhilarating to tap into that source!<br />
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So come by this Sunday to see the process in action - I'll be out on the commons during my "Live Craft" sharing what I have learned!<br />
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-72100869581249545782015-07-28T22:49:00.000-05:002015-09-26T09:30:58.534-05:00Funology Defined<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Phenology. It's a word I learned just this May, when I
was talking to a visitor about our "Spring Phenology in the Field" class (there is an <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/763">autumn phenology class</a> too) and realized I
didn't know what I was talking about. So I looked it up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It turns out I love phenology! According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and animal life." The melting of the snow, the migration of the birds, the color of the leaves - these make up the calendar that is phenology.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="punctuation"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="punctuation"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">'s <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the update from<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Grand Marais today</span></span></span>: the loons are beginning to leave their chicks and head back to sea, the lupines <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">are finished flowering,</span> and we have had some 70+ degree days. As f<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the human animal,</span></span> the campground next to North House is as busy as a beehive, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">boats are strapped to the tops of <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cars<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> a</span></span>nd towed behind trucks, and there is a line a mile long outside of the donut shop. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It must be July in Grand Marais!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="punctuation"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="punctuation"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">There is another word I would like to define: funology. Funology is "the study of the seasonal phenomena and happenings at North House Folk School." I was given the job of resident funologist, which is a busy job this time of year because this place is constantly in high gear! After some careful research and fact finding, I present a case study called "North House: Fun in the Sun."</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="punctuation"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sixteen classes congregated on campus </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this past week, including three birch bark basket classes, nature photography, figure carving, firewood carriers, the craft of sa</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">iling, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">flint knapping, basic woodworking for kids, shaker boxes, natural plant dyes and bead embroidery. What a week of courses! We have instructors and students from as near as Grand Marais and Hovland (that's 20 miles away) and as far away as New York and Russia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Summer is the season for maintenance at North House. We replaced all the siding on our blue building, which made it a white building, and since we so often send people to "the blue building", we decided to avoid confusion by painting it blue again. It is almost finished! Thanks for all the help from our excellent work studiers and volunteers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A regular North House summer program<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is</span></span> the Instructor in Residence pro<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">gram</span>. Each week we have a different instructor set roots in our commons area from Thursday-Sunday, demonstrating, teaching and crafting for the masses<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span> </span><br />
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If you are looking for a traditional craft learning experience but don't have time for a full-blown class, check out our mini-courses. Every week we offer a two-hour wood-fired bread baking course and a two-hour basic timber framing course. Great for any age! Sign up in the office or give us a call!</div>
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And of course, no sunny summer day in Grand Marais would be complete without the red sails and green hull of the Hjordis. Our boat heads into the big waters of Lake Superior almost every day, giving customers a unique perspective on this part of the North Shore.<br />
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This is a week at North House in the heart of the summer! <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">We are open all week long, welcoming people into a space where they can connect with skills from the past, rediscover their innate ability to create objects with their hands, and build community through shared learning and laughing.</span><br />
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And that's why somebody (*AHEM*) coined the word funology for the study of North House and its seasons. No matter what the time of year, no matter the class or event or gathering, no matter the weather conditions, the one theme that seems to bind it all together: FUN! Come up to join us!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Poke around most classrooms at North House, and you will find a bit of birch bark hiding in the corner. Whether in a wood box or in the hands of a student or craftsperson, it is an important and ubiquitous material here on campus. We asked <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm?iid=102">John Zasada</a>, a long time instructor here, and <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm?iid=231">Beth Homa</a>, a former intern and new instructor, to share some thoughts about their love of birch and teaching the art of weaving birch bark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Zasada was a student in the first birch bark class Charlie Mayo taught at North House. “If someone had told me in 1999, (I was 61 at the time), that I would be working with birch bark in 2015, I would have told them they were crazy!” John says. A former forester, he was inspired by Charlie to continue learning about tree anatomy in a new way. “Working with the bark was just sort of a natural thing to do once I was introduced to the material. I was as much interested in the structure and function of bark and management of birch forests as I was in weaving.” John now teaches the Birch Bark Tutorial with Charlie and Julie Kean; he says that students benefit from seeing three different approaches to working with bark. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beth Homa arrived at North House for the internship program in 2011, dreaming of boat building until a birch bark class with Charlie, John, and Fred Livesay changed her path. “I got the weaver fever!” she says. Entranced by the excitement of hunting for birch and the simplicity of working with hand tools, Beth was soon teaching birch bark craft weekly on the campus. Now a full time weaver, artist and teacher, Beth will teach her first day-long courses at North House this summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BH:</b> It’s taught me to look at the diversity of a single species. Some cultures have 20 different words for snow, and now I understand that. Harvesting birch bark is like unwrapping a present that tells a story, and you learn to pay attention to how something is the same but still has such diverse variations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JZ:</b> I have started to work with other tree bark - aspen, ash, cedar, pine, willow, and a few others.They are very different than birch outer bark, but it has been both fun and frustrating trying to understand these barks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JZ:</b> Part of the future is tied up with how birch forests are managed; only recently has there been some concern about regenerating birch because of its wood value and for biodiversity. Birch will never be eliminated but I don't think that we will ever see the large stands of almost pure birch that were present across Minnesota in the last century. I think that one has to think about all uses of the tree, gathering sap, collecting chaga, finding character wood, etc. and not get hung up only thinking about the outer bark. That thinking is much to narrow…every tree has a story and we all need to understand birch’s story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- John’s next class is the <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/5">Birch Bark Tutorial</a> in September. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- See Beth at the </span><a href="http://www.asimn.org/makersexchange" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great Makers Exchange</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis this Saturday, July 18. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beth </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is also offering two </span><a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/858" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Birch Bark Mason Jar Basket</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> classes at North House in August. </span><br />
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-38215553525188340892015-07-17T12:16:00.000-05:002015-07-17T12:16:39.046-05:00Nålbinding--What's That?<div class="Default">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm?iid=93">Larry Schmitt</a> is teaching a class at North House, his
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is an old, old technique, dating back to the Bronze or early Iron Age, or maybe
before. Like knitting and crochet, it is a way to make a fabric out of loops,
but it uses only one double- or single-pointed needle and short strands of
woolen yarn worked in simple patterns. Predating knitting and crocheting by
many centuries, variations on nålbinding
are found in cultures around the world. The common name for the technique comes
to us from Scandinavia, and Larry has focused his exploration of the technique
on the Scandinavian traditions. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry learned about nålbinding
from his parents, who were always involved in textiles while he was growing up
in Milwaukee. “Where my
parents learned it is unclear,” he
explains, “but…what they knew, and what they
learned is the foundation for what I know about textiles and for what I am
doing with n</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">å</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lbinding and
bandweaving.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” Larry
took interest in nålbinding
at the urging of curators from the Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa and has
since studied n</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">å</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lbinding</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> texts,
artifacts, and techniques from across Scandinavia. He has written most of the
very few texts on nålbinding
available in English, and really is one of the foremost experts in the craft
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry notes that while nålbinding can be learned in a twenty-minute tutorial or an
internet video, “Everything
is plainer when you can speak face to face. Questions can be answered and clarifications
made. The act of learning
by getting out and interacting directly with others aptly describes the North
House experience.” Larry’s nålbinding classes, <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/93"><span class="Hyperlink0">three or five days</span></a> each are intended to provide
enough repetition that students will really absorb the movements and techniques
needed to continue with nålbinding
after they leave campus. Larry wants students to be able to produce items that
will “go out into the world
to be used and appreciated – becoming
a legacy for the maker.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indeed, when one handles one of Larry’s nålbound
mittens or socks, you immediately begin to appreciate the object’s density, warmth, and texture.
After a visitor has gotten hooked on the beauty and utility of a class’s nålbinding, it’s
not unusual to hear them wander away saying… “I can’t
wait to take that class."</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- See Larry at the <a href="http://www.asimn.org/makersexchange">Great Makers Exchange</a> at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis this Saturday, July 18.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Larry’s next class is <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/208">Nålbinding Mittens, Socks, Caps - The Scandinavian Textile Craft</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in November. </span><br />
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At North House, you can make mittens. Or take a class and make shoes, a bracelet, a knife or a canoe paddle. How about a wooden bowl, a felted bag, or a basketful of bread? You could also opt for something bigger like an Adirondack chair or a spring pole lathe...and the list goes on.<br />
Or, you can build a boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Norse Pram takes shape</td></tr>
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Glen Gilyard and Roger Opp chose that last option this past March. With some help from their instructor and other students, they sawed, beveled, and hammered together a beautiful wooden boat that will soon (knock on the hull) sail the Lake Superior waters.<br />
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The boat that they built is a Norwegian pram: with a square bow and stern the pram was the workhorse of the Scandinavian waterways. This stout little boat, called the "wheelbarrow of the water," transferred goods from ships to the shore, linking deep water and shallower ports.<br />
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The hull is made of white pine and oak, and secured mostly with copper rivets. Prams are usually used as rowboats, but Glen and Roger decided to construct their boat for sailing. They added a mast, dagger board, rudder and a sail.<br />
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See a video that documents the building of this little boat from start to finish at the top of this post, and for more information on the class <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/21">visit the Pram Boat Building course page on our website.</a> You can find <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/coursesbytheme.cfm/tid/3">other boat-building courses that we offer here.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ancient design and process of pram boats remains alive and floating!</td></tr>
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And come down to our <a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/woodenboatshow.htm">Wooden Boat Show</a> this week to see Glen and Roger's finished pram on display with many other wooden boats!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glen and Roger rowing their beautiful creation on Lake Superior!</td></tr>
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-55322804140944868512015-06-05T07:54:00.000-05:002015-06-05T08:05:41.022-05:00Grindbygg: Timber Framing Norwegian-Style<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a2773952-c008-cf79-bbb2-70d7daf6da47" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Ben Byron, 2015 Program Intern</i></span><br />
<a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm/iid/48" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38;">Peter Henrikson</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38;"> has taught timber framing at North House for 17 years--in timber frame talk, he’s a king post of the program! Peter has taught the basic timber framing and build-your-own timber framing courses since 1998, just one year after North House was founded. He came to North House with timber framing knowledge, but he also knows a thing or two about log building, basket making, and teaching timber skills on public land. In the North House spirit of always seeking new things to learn, Peter traveled to Norway two years ago to investigate and build an old style of timber framing called a Grindbygg.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2dJMqMYExQ1xkxBT4zn6nibttClQfuL-8ax3NVt5rZnv9MnToBZNUvv0GwbyYIUHX_g_TA0NMJJPROv1EbAnL79KfeCOptuADeeR6MrABWH02dygC7WatiEk6-M4Lh02Zd_U4i-WU14/s1600/6_5_15+grindbygg2_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2dJMqMYExQ1xkxBT4zn6nibttClQfuL-8ax3NVt5rZnv9MnToBZNUvv0GwbyYIUHX_g_TA0NMJJPROv1EbAnL79KfeCOptuADeeR6MrABWH02dygC7WatiEk6-M4Lh02Zd_U4i-WU14/s320/6_5_15+grindbygg2_sm.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Grindbygg style of timber framing has been around since the days of the vikings, and it has been used for centuries as a utilitarian structure for boathouses, barns, and store houses. Like the traditional American and European timber frames, the Grindbygg uses posts and beams to hold up the rafters. Unlike the familiar frames, a Grindbygg frame does not use any mortise and tenon joinery to hold it all together. Instead, a Grindbygg uses slots or “bridle joints” cut into the posts to hold the beam and plates up. Altogether the building process is very organic. The structures are built by eye with a few basic proportions being used as a guide, the joinery is scribed due to the use of naturally curved braces and knees, the roofs are traditionally made of slate covered over with turf, and the siding made of juniper thatch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38;">In the course of his research in Norway, Peter visited farms, museums, living history parks, and archaeological sites, all over the southwestern part of the county. These frames are still standing after hundreds of years of use. Peter also spent a week attending a Grindbygg framing course in Voss. Peter said it was much like a North House class, with students from all different walks of life coming together to build a traditional timber frame. The class was taught in Norwegian, but the language barrier was not much of a problem due to Peter's understanding of building and teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since coming back to the states Peter has been on a mission to have more Grindbygg structures in the world, and so has been building and teaching the Grindbygg style of timber framing at North House. The Grindbygg makes a great open air structure for boathouses, patios, and carports. A </span><a href="http://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/course.cfm/cid/571" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Grindbygg timber framing course</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> is currently underway on campus, and another will be scheduled in the future. <b>For more timber framing coursework and speakers, don’t miss our </b></span><a href="http://www.northhouse.org/programs/events/timberframeguild.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Timber Frame Gathering, July 10-12.</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">For more on how Grindbygg frames are constructed, watch this great </span><a href="https://youtu.be/2XXMK0LCDhc" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Norwegian documentary</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the build process.</span></div>
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North House Folk Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655994360978264769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575484734565867427.post-55739370691554152312015-06-04T15:04:00.002-05:002015-06-14T11:22:09.549-05:00Grand Marais History - The Second<div class="p1">
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Welcome back to the story of our past. (If you missed the last post, you may want to go back and read it first). This week I want to cover the major resources that have shaped Grand Marais since the 1850’s, and talk about how the traditional craft that is central to the North House mission relates to the local history.</div>
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The three primary resources that have created industry and supported local life are: the woods, the inland waters, and the big lake.</div>
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When we left things off last week, the fur trade had ended and new immigrants were trying to chop out a foothold here. It wasn’t easy. There was no road coming or going, the winters were long and cold, and the rocky ground here was not conducive to agricultural pursuits.</div>
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Mining was determined to be the up-and-coming industry but unlike further west in the Mesabi Range, iron and other precious metals were not discovered in sufficient quantities to be profitable. Mining quickly turned to logging, which became the new boom.</div>
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Logging changed the landscape. Virtually every wooded acre was logged, and the dense white pine forest that once dominated now holds more birches, aspens and spruce trees.</div>
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The next major resource in this history: "Gichigami”, the big lake.</div>
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It is hard to overstate the importance of Lake Superior to this place. It is the one completely central characteristic that makes this place different. It was the primary means of travel until about 100 years ago. It provided food and a livelihood for hungry locals. It dominates our climate (I've been told Grand Marais is on average the warmest town in Minnesota during the winter and the coldest during the summer) and determines our ecosystem.</div>
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Grand Marais became a town because of its unique geographic feature of twin harbors. The natives called this place "Gitchi-Bitobig", or "Double Body of Water". What we call "Artist Point" today is part of a peninsula of land that juts out between the harbor and East Bay. This creates two protected places, and this was attractive to ship captains. If caught in a storm from the west or the east, a ship could anchor either in the East Bay waters or in the harbor and be more protected.</div>
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The east break-wall of the Grand Marais harbor was built in 1884 to further enhance this natural "safe harbor” and in the following year the north shore's first lighthouse went up. The west harbor wall was completed in 1900, and a town centerpiece was born.</div>
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Life in Grand Marais converged around the harbor. Until a road was built up the shore in the 1920s, steamboat (and horse or dogsled in the winter) was the only means of travel. Every week, the steamboat "America" (and many other smaller boats) would chug in and dock, bringing supplies and fresh faces, and taking people and any goods, such as fish, back to Duluth. </div>
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Fishing was a primary industry in Grand Marais from the mid 1800s until the mid 1900s. Fish populations were each depleted in turn, from overfishing and other factors: whitefish was first in the fisherman's net, followed by lake trout, and only after those fish became scarce did fisherman focus on herring, the most common north shore fish caught today.</div>
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The final piece of the puzzle of what makes this place this place is the inland lakes. North of Grand Marais lies the most unique network of lakes that once fed the fur trade, and now lie within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The road we call the Gunflint trail originally moved supplies and lumber down to the Big Lake. The beginning of an era came in 1924 when the Gunflint Lodge opened its doors. Since then, that high country dotted with thousands of lakes has been a destination for many tourists and travelers looking for adventure and solace.</div>
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Summertime brings canoeists, wintertime brings snowmobilers, skiers and dog sledders.</div>
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So, besides being fascinating, what does all of this history have to do with North House? Everything, in fact. One of the defining aspects of craft is the place where it happens. Craft is often created from local materials; we use birch bark for canoes, containers, and ornaments partly because birches grow everywhere around here. In California, I never came across a single birch bark crafter or class. It doesn’t grow there. Craft is often designed to fit within a particular climate for a specific purpose; the mukluks that students make here are perfect cold-and-snow footwear born from tromping through miles of snowdrifts. Craft is often unique to its home and reflects the reality of that place; unlike other folk schools, we have boats hanging from almost every rafter on campus, and offer many boat-building classes. I would venture to say this has something to do with the huge lake out our front door. Boat building is inspired by the place we are in.</div>
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Something that North House has in common with the history of this place
is our effort at creating useful and beautiful handmade items from the
materials that are here at our fingertips, which is how all people used
to live. We use wood from these forests. Folks learn how to catch
and cook fish from these lakes. We teach a bead embroidery style that
was created by the native Americans living here.</div>
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We are always engaging with the characteristics of the North Shore that make it the North Shore. For that, I think North House is uniquely tied to the history of this place.<br />
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Thanks to Carrie and Dori at the Cook County Historical Society for sharing their knowledge and resources. I encourage anyone that is interested in local history to visit the Historical Society Museum in downtown Grand Marais - there is so much more to discover!</div>
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