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
