Students and friends of Woodspirit School—we send you warm New Year’s greetings!

We started this project a year ago, remember? Our first year was very busy and very exciting as we transformed a garage into a classroom, grass into garden beds, and hosted 32 workshops, community events, online interviews and demonstrations. The highlights were…

Learn something new at Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft this coming year. Take a class, meet friends at a community event, and visit Lake Superior. We’d love to see you here—

Winter nights are perfect for meeting up with friends and watching movies. That’s what we’ll be doing at Craft Film Nights!

Hang out with other craft nerds and watch films about traditional craft and traditional people. Doors open at 6:30pm for social time before the screening, BYO beverage and we’ll provide the popcorn. Please let us know you are coming by sending us an email!

FLAX DAY, CRAFT NIGHT & CALENDAR UPDATES We still have 9 more classes running until the end of the year—some with openings including classes in the Seattle Area, plus we have been adding classes on the calendar for 2023 that are worth browsing, so have a look…

We have some exciting news to share. As part of Barn’s visit from the UK to the US this coming Spring, 2023 he’ll be teaching a workshop at Woodspirit School in Ashland, WI. Actually we’ll be teaching it together.

We’re calling it a Spoon Carving Masterclass and the class will happen March 31-April 2, 2023.

It’s been busy since the last post two months ago—building stairs, installing pine floors, cabinets, a garage door and the 2nd floor bathroom, weaving willow fences, planting cotton, and harvesting flax, painting walls, and starting on Jarrod’s workshop move-in—all this on top of teaching some great classes, connecting with the local community at potluck craft nights, and hosting some informative Zoom interviews and demonstrations.

Hello Friends—

I have a quick update for you all before I get back to the garden. Summer days are more or less here—70 degree days, light breezes, lilacs blooming, and heavenly sunsets. The months of snow are worth it for these next few months of dreamy…

Curious locals regularly pass by and ask Jarrod, “Hey, what are you building?” Jarrod replies, “I’m building a tower!” and they give him a confused look. So we just had to name it, didn’t we?…

For years Jarrod and I kept looking at the empty car repair shop down the street and thinking, “Wouldn’t that make a great wood shop?” Last summer we hosted some…