Lazy Mill Living Arts

RESKILLING FOR LIBERATION

Lazy Mill Living Arts is dedicated
to reviving traditional skills of hand
and land. It was founded on the belief
that with the benefit of natural
materials, simple tools and basic knowledge, we all have the capacity to shape our world as we imagine it.

We host a variety of workshops, taught
by experienced, top-notch craftspeople,
to help cultivate your innate creativity
to craft the things you need
and use everyday.

The Hundred Stick Willow Basket

taught by Scogin Zimmermann Mayo

In this class students will create a round willow basket, learning basic weaves such as twining and french randing. You will start by weaving a circular bottom, then add upright spokes, creating the basket sides. The basket will be finished by weaving an interlocking border on top. Included will be a discussion on the harvesting and growing of willow and resources for learning more techniques.

September 13th and 14th 9am-5pm
$350, includes materials

Email 68pennyg@gmail.com to register

SCOGIN ZIMMERMANN MAYO lives in a yurt outside Washburn, Wisconsin. He spends his time harvesting wild food, canoeing upstream, playing in the woods, and encouraging kids to play with knives. Scogin has been teaching willow basketry since 2004, after apprenticing at the Ancient Arts Center in Western Oregon.

CARVE YOUR OWN WOODEN BOWL

Bring to life your own beautiful and useful wooden bowl!

In this class everyone will carve a small versatile bowl from green-wood.

DAY ONE:

We will rough out the entire bowl. We will begin with going over possible designs and layout and then dive into hollowing the bowl with gouges and adzes. In the afternoon, we will work with small carving axes to roughly shape the exterior and then fine tune the form with gouges.

DAY TWO: (a week later), with drier bowls, we will make finish cuts with gouges and slojd knives, embellish with optional paint, and then give the bowls their first coat of food-safe oil finish.

Build confidence using an axe!

Get a lot of experience using edge tools safely and effectively!

Learn or achieve a better understanding of grain orientation!

All experience levels are welcome and all tools will be provided. However if you have any of the above tools that you want to use, please bring them along.

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING PROJECT.

WILL NISSEN

The formation of my green woodworking journey began while working with youth in nature connection programs. In these programs, much of my intent was helping young people build their relationships with the land and life around them, and in this way help develop their sense of belonging. This often took the form of harvesting to make crafts, as well as tending to the place we were at. This remains the core inspiration I still carry with me in my life as a green woodworker.

I have been gaining experience and taking courses in the tradition of green woodworking since 2016, with it taking a much more focused part of my life in the last two years. I have found myself drawn particularly to making bowls and chairs.

In the Fall of 2024, with a friend I helped start “The Blue Cart”, a greenwood craft journey that still is emerging.