Meet Wesley, Hege & Samson—Community Events at Woodspirit School

 

Relief Carved Birch Bark Canister lid by Wesley Hathaway

Meet Wood Carver Wesley Hathaway

 

Tonight!
Thursday, August 21 at 6pm
Craft Night with Wesley Hathaway

1400 3rd St W, 2nd floor, Ashland, WI

Wesley is a professional craft instructor and wood carver who apprenticed with Master Carvers Phil Odden & Else Bigton of Norsk Wood Works . He lives in Grand Marais, MN and will be teaching Relief Carving August 22-24 at Woodspirit School.

Wedding Spoon Commission by Wesley Hathaway

Have you ever met a traditional Norwegian basketmaker?

Jarrod Dahl, Hege Aasdal, & Samson Øvstebø in Norway, 2024

Next we’ll be hosting basket weavers

Hege Aasdal & Samson Øvstebø

from Norway

Craft Night Potluck
Instructor Meet & Greet
Thursday, September 4 at 6pm

Hege’s class on Norwegian Vedmeis—Split Willow Basketry is sold out, but you can still meet Hege and learn about her work and craft at the Craft Night Potluck Instructor Meet & Greet. We offer these events so that the community can meet our instructors who are interesting, dedicated, and highly skilled craftspeople from all over the world.

Hege Iren Aasdal is a prolific basket weaver, instructor, and preservationist. With fellow basket weaver, Samson Øvstebø, Hege has been weaving and teaching the many basket traditions of Scandinavia, as well as harvesting, splitting and processing a wide variety of basket materials such as Juniper, Hazel, Willow, Birch Root, Linden Bast, Pine, and Rush.

We spent time with Hege and Samson during our Scandinavian Basketry trip in 2024 (funded by a grant from ASF) where we harvested and split willow to make Vedmeisand Skruk.

We are honored to have these two powerhouses at Woodspirit School in collaboration with North House Folk School.

Vombakorg basket, Hege Aasdal

Norwegian snik basket for carrying fish by Hege Aasdal

 

Upcoming Workshops

Knutkorg—Scandinavian Knot Basket

——September 12-14——

The knutkorg is unique with a bent notched and interlocking framework and sides filled with split wood. The frame is constructed of pieces that fit together like an ingenious puzzle and is truly a craft marvel. In this 3-day class you will learn how to bend wood, carve precise, but simple joinery and split cedar. This will be a fun and challenging project for all skill levels.

Swedish Picnic Basket

——October 24-25——

——October 24-25——Swedish Picnic Basket with Jarrod Dahl ——October 24-25——Swedish Picnic Basket with Jarrod Dahl
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Learn to make a plank bottom basket with split weavers designed after a basket we found in an antique shop in Stockholm, Sweden. We will split and prep willow, assemble base and uprights, and complete the basket with a track border. We will look at the variety of split material basket styles in Scandinavia. This class is for basket lovers, basket weavers and woodworkers alike.

 
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