Last weekend was the class Jogge Sundqvist taught at Lie-Nielsen. I managed to stick my nose into it, but did almost no woodwork. Instead, I listened carefully, and tried to get around and see all the students as they worked. I failed in that regard, but there were too many interesting people there!
As always, it was great being there for Jogge’s class. His techniques and skills are extraordinary, but so is his outlook on craft and all its significance. I wish this class had been longer, but I still wouldn’t have seen it all. The class wasn’t about making a spoon, or this or that – but about techniques and the whole outlook Jogge uses in his sloyd work. Reading the trees, and seeing what’s inside them…that sort of thing.
Here. you see what a dull teacher he is, as Geoff Chapman busts open a birch section.
We had great weather, so got to have much of our work outside behind the toolworks. Roy Underhill had sharpened this saw for the LN Open House, so we put it to good use.
Really, Jogge is great & all that – but Kenneth, get up off your knees. It’s not like that!
The class made butter spreaders…I forget whose these are. They aren’t mine, that’s for sure. I started two and am not even sure where they are at this point. They’re great for practicing knife techniques.
The other “project”was a decorative distaff, one of the fittings for a linen wheel. Jogge showed us some historical examples that displayed a great array of decoration. To me, they looked like turned things made square…here, Masashi, Kenneth & Eric are looking one over & discussing its features.
When lining up an auger bit for boring, Jogge suggests getting a photographer to help you sight the angles…(I wasn’t the only one – there were about 4 of us at the same angle)
On the 2nd day of class, Drew & Louise Langsner showed up, having come up to Maine ahead of Drew’s class there the following weekend..here they are meeting Dave Fisher.
Dave and Eric Goodson both wrote about the class also –
https://davidffisherblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-maine-woods/
http://ericgoodson.blogspot.com/2015/09/jogges-crew.html
PETER FOLLANSBEE: JOINER’S NOTES 
Looks like a memorable time! thanks for sharing, Peter.
Great pics, Peter. I would expect nothing less.
Ben did a great write up as well, seen through a ROCK lense. Excellent stuff. https://benkirkspoons.wordpress.com/
I never could figure out what to do with the butter spreader I carved at Country Workshops so I re-purposed it as a very comfortable push stick on my band saw for small stock.