At our recent SPOONFEST event one of the highlights for me was having Jogge Sundqvist come and speak about his craft, the way it is routed in tradition yet he has found his own 21st expression of that tradition. I along with Jogge and many other carvers owe a debt of gratitude not only to the many generations that carved out the vocabulary of forms and techniques that we use today but particularly to Wille Sundqvist who’s teaching and writing has helped popularise the whole subject of traditional carving with axe and knife. I was just blown away when Jogge turned up with a short video message from Wille on his phone. Thanks to the technical intervention of Daughter Jojo and village friend Dave Mount we were able to show the message before Jogge’s talk, it is short but has a lot of meaning for me. I just ate my breakfast with the spoon Wille is holding in the clip.
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