Søre Skogen - days teaching in Norway 2011
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:23PM in Events - Workshops, Makings - Basketmaking Last September I travelled through northern Poland, took a ferry across the Baltic Sea and then drove through Sweden and Norway with my basketmaker friend Mai Hvid Jørgensen to reach Søre Skogen a beautiful farm and teaching place on the west coast of Norway.
Over the following four days I taught a course combining traditional basketmaking skills with the freedom and spontaneity that I have practised for many years in my creative practice. This combination of tradition and innovation provides a healthy and challenging pallette of techniques whilst gathering inspiration from the lush vegetation and natural forms of the surrounding countryside.
Today I have uploaded a new gallery documenting this week showing some of the participants and their work, materials and natural inspirations. During 2012 two more of my courses are planned at Søre Skogen - an outdoor painting and drawing course in May, followed by a basketmaking course in September. Course details, prices and dates will follow over the coming weeks on this blog and on the Søre Skogen website, however to whet your appetite i hope you enjoy the pictures here.
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