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Derek Brabender

greenwoodspoons@gmail.com

Stoughton, Wisconsin

This past weekend I had the privilege co-teaching with my mentor, @jarrod__dahl, at @northhousefolkschool. Our class of 8 students turned their first bowls on a pole lathe. Those who have tried this craft know this is not an easy task as pole lathe t
Over the past week I’ve been focusing my shop time on making pole lathe tools for teaching. Tool making is a skill I’ve been working on this year as a facet of a larger project I’m working on in 2024 that has been funded by the Amer
Several years ago I purchased a copy of “Norwegian-American Wood Carving of the Upper Midwest” which is a catalogue from an exhibition at the @vesterheim.museum in 1978. While paging through it I came across the name Erik Teigen in the im
Only a few more weeks left of the DuMA Craft Invitational Exhibition @dubuqueart, which wraps up October 13th. I had the pleasure of attending the opening reception in June, seeing my work along side work from 20 other artists/craftspeople. I feel
Here’s an evening scene from my recent trip to the @vesterheim.museum for a Folk Art Apprentice retreat. After an excellent class with @rivchicawarrior I decided to have an evening kolrosing session. Since Rings of Power season 2 was to premier
Today’s #turningtooltuesday has some crossover into my recent trip to @vesterheim.museum where I spent a week studying alongside four other fantastic Vesterheim Folk Art Apprentices. Part of our apprentice retreat was scheduled time in the Vest