Eric Mase

Ely, MN
In 1996, Eric Mase moved to Ely, Minnesota to continue building birch bark canoes. Since then, he has built over 60 bark canoes, both full sized and scale models. For the past ten years Eric has spent time renewing his true passion: the drum. Eric's focus on the cedar hand drum has been influenced by the same traditional tools and building methods that stem from handcrafted bark canoes.