These ingenious round bark boxes are an old craft of Scandinavia and Northern Russia. Made of a coiled and locked, round sleeve of high-quality birch bark and fitted with carefully carved base and lid, they historically held teas, dry goods, snuff, trinkets, and butter. The bark work teaches careful selection, cutting, thinning, and layout, and the base and lid require careful and skillful knifework, all of which will be taught in this class. This will be a long day of dedicated handwork, but your heart will likely be won over by these magical little containers. And you will learn a lot along the way...
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Lunch will be provided.
Ages: Adults only
Materials Fees: $20
Location: Viroqua/La Farge area (exact location TBD)
Instructions: If you have a sharp carving knife or other related tools, you are welcome to bring them. Cut-resistant gloves are welcome but not required. Come dressed in comfy clothes for a cool shop, and some boots in case we take a walk to look at some birch trees.
Sliding Scale Course Fee Guidelines (not including Materials Fees)
Supporter Level Ticket: $130
If you move through the world with financial ease and the means to fulfill many of your wants as well as your needs – you are able to eat out when you want, abundantly meet your needs through employment or can comfortably not work, have access to family wealth, own property, etc. – consider paying at this level, which will help us ensure the long term sustainability of our programs while keeping our offerings accessible to those with access to fewer resources.
Sustainer Level Ticket: $105
If you are able to meet your needs with relative ease while budgeting your educational and entertainment spending – for instance, you are able to take classes and eat out occasionally as long as you are mindful – consider paying at this level, which will help sustain the work of the Folk School at a modest level.
Supported Level Ticket: $80
If you struggle to fund your basic needs and have limited access to resources in your family and community, or if you would not be able to access this offering without a discounted payment option, consider paying at this level. We value your presence and contributions to our community and do not want any economic circumstances to be a barrier to attendance!
Instructor Bio - Nicholas WazeeGale
Nicholas WazeeGale is a lifelong student of the natural world, traditional cultures, and sustainability. His life is intricately tied to the Driftless landscape through foraging plant and fungi foods, hunting and fishing, tanning skins, making traditional handcraft, and obsessively observing and tracking the myriad unfoldings of the living landscape. He is a long time instructor with the Driftless Folks School and other outdoor education institutions, contracts as a professional wildlife tracker with the Wisconsin DNR, and teaches at the Kickapoo Valley Forest School. He is a certified Wilderness Guide through a year long wilderness living immersion course and holds both a Professional and Specialist Certification in track and sign via Tracker Certification North America.
Find him online at…
Instagram: @naturalnuances and/or @wildrootshandcrafts
Facebook: Nicholas WazeeGale
Website: www.wildrootshandcrafts.com