MONDAY MENTION–I’ve been thinking quite a lot about family and friends over the years since my father, Jack Jungroth passed away in 2011 and also after receiving some of Dad’s mother’s (my paternal grandmother’s) personal effects. I’ll be posting some more about grandma’s household and travel diaries, wedding and engagement rings, photos, marriage and teaching …
I’ve been asked to be an Artist in Residence! A few months ago I was asked to be the September Artist in Residence at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota. My stint will be for four days, Thursday-Sunday, September 22-25, 2016. North House is way up on the northeastern edge of Minnesota, located …
Let’s do a review here of the variety of ways to begin “squaring up” a trapezoidal seat before I show you the fourth method to start a paper rush seat, OK? This page may contain affiliate links since WickerWoman.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to …
Are you a new chair seat weaver? Getting into this seatweaving craft for either fun or profit? Are you intimidated by weaving your first paper rush seat? If so, then maybe this post will be a big help to get you on the right track. Rushing to start? Choose your best method This page might …
As you can tell by the blog post title above, I’m confessing a few things and explaining my six-month absence from the blog earlier this year, in today’s post… But first, I want to Welcome All the New Subscribers and also thank those of you that have been with me for years. I’m so appreciative …
I’m pleased to have my antler basketry included in this wonderful exhibition the entire month of August, depicting aspects of life on the Iron Range of Minnesota August 4-27, 2016. The First Stage Gallery in the Lyric Center for the Arts, 514 Chestnut Street, Virginia, Minnesota is hosting a reception for the artists participating in …
We had another great antler basket class up at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota over the 4th of July weekend. The Antler Basket Weaving class was held in the Red Building (don’t have an outside photo of that, though) on campus, which is usually where the boat building and other woodworking classes …
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The previous weaver of this cane seat made a lot of mistakes, but for this blog post, we are only talking about one big, glaring error. We’ll use this photo to discuss other caning errors in future blog posts. Can you spot the error that I’m focusing on here? It’s something missing in the corner …
