North House Folk School - Traditional Northern Craft Courses, Classes and Workshops

Traditional Crafts

North House's programs take place year-round exploring themes from timber framing to basketry, boat building to fiber arts, woodcarving to northern ecology. We welcome your questions and inquiries anytime!

A Handmade Life - Three Days, Three Projects (3 days)
Bill Coperthwaite

A Handmade Life - Two Days, Two Projects: (Northern Clothing) (2 days)
Bill Coperthwaite

All Hung Up - Make Your Own Hanging Chair

All Hung Up - Make Your Own Hanging Chair (2 days)
Kurt Buetow

Birch Bark Boxes - Scandinavian Bark Basketry

Birch Bark Boxes - Scandinavian Bark Basketry (2 days)
Fred Livesay

Birch Bark Weaving - An Introduction

Birch Bark Weaving - An Introduction (2 days)
Fred Livesay

Clean and Green? Making Sustainable Suds!

Clean and Green? Making Sustainable Suds! (1/2 day)
Jeanne Wright

Creating & Designing Mosaics

Creating & Designing Mosaics (3 days)
Kelly Dupre, Jeanne Wright

Exploration of Wheel Throwing and Surface Treatments

Exploration of Wheel Throwing and Surface Treatments (2 days)
David Voorhees

Handcrafting A Broom-Corn Broom

Handcrafting A Broom-Corn Broom (2 days)
Dennis Chilcote

Hookers & Spooners: Working in Horn, Bone, Antler

Hookers & Spooners: Working in Horn, Bone, Antler (3 days)
Harley Refsal

Inuit Soapstone Carving Traditions

Inuit Soapstone Carving Traditions (2 days)
Ohito Ashoona

Inuit Stone Sculpting - Movement On Ice

Inuit Stone Sculpting - Movement On Ice (2 days)
Ohito Ashoona

Low-Tech Clay Forming and Firing - Low and Slow

Low-Tech Clay Forming and Firing - Low and Slow (3 days)
David Voorhees

Maritime Ropemaking & Rigging

Maritime Ropemaking & Rigging (1 day)
Dick Enstad, Ted Gephart

Mosaic Gifts - A Bit of Holiday Dazzle

Mosaic Gifts - A Bit of Holiday Dazzle (2 days)
Kelly Dupre, Jeanne Wright

Natural Wreaths - From Minnesota's Forest

Natural Wreaths - From Minnesota's Forest (1 day)
Julie Miedtke, John Zasada

North Shore Birch Bound Journal

North Shore Birch Bound Journal (2 days)
Nancy Cooley

Raku Pottery Experience

Raku Pottery Experience (1 day)
Kristi Downing

Service Learning Project - Add Some Color: Mosaic The Bread Oven (2 days)
Kelly Dupre

Sew Bee It - Traditional Quilting Workshop

Sew Bee It - Traditional Quilting Workshop (1 1/2 days)
Crystal Nelson

Soap Making - The Old Fashioned Way

Soap Making - The Old Fashioned Way (1/2 day)
Jeanne Wright

Traditional Seat Caning For the Vintage Chair

Traditional Seat Caning For the Vintage Chair (2 days)
Cathryn Peters

Twig Furniture - Crafting The Twig Chair

Twig Furniture - Crafting The Twig Chair (3 days)
Paula Sundet Wolf

Twig Furniture - Garden Trellis and Plant Stand

Twig Furniture - Garden Trellis and Plant Stand (2 days)
Paula Sundet Wolf

Twig Furniture: Twig Mosaic End Table

Twig Furniture: Twig Mosaic End Table (2 days)
Paula Sundet Wolf

Woodblock Printmaking

Woodblock Printmaking (3 days)
Nick Wroblewski

Wreath Weaving - The Traditional Balsam Bough Wreath

Wreath Weaving - The Traditional Balsam Bough Wreath (1/2 day)
David/Lise Abazs

You Can Handle It - Nordic Inspired Stacked Handled Flatwear

You Can Handle It - Nordic Inspired Stacked Handled Flatwear (3 days)
Harley Refsal, Mike Schelmeske

Traditional Crafts Calendar

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