Intergenerational Nordic Handcraft Workshop: Carve a Loon with Matt Bruch

Learn to carve Minnesota’s state bird, the loon! In this intergenerational class, youth and adult pairs each bring a beautiful loon to life, surely to remind them of summers on Minnesota’s lakes. Students will work alongside instructor Matt Bruch to transform a simple basswood block into a carved and painted loon. Using traditional Scandinavian flat plane carving techniques, we will practice several knife grips to safely and effectively shape the wood, then learn techniques for applying paint...