Friday
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
February 7
(one day-long workshop)
Liz Bucheit, guest instructor
$175 registration fee
Registration for this workshop includes all bracelet supplies, refreshments, and lunch catered by Due Foccaceria.
No refunds for this event on cancellations made after January 31, 2025.
The serene and dramatic landscape of northern Scandinavia is the land of the midnight sun, the northern lights and the Sámi, a nomadic tribal group that follows the migration of the reindeer. Traditional Sámi adornment incorporated elements of their northern landscape — softened reindeer leather and sculpted antler. This workshop will explore the traditional techniques of braiding coiled pewter wire and sewing the finished braid to a softened reindeer hide strip. With a thirty-year background in Scandinavian jewelry arts, Liz uses the finest quality vegetable tanned “svart” reindeer hide and pewter wire comprised of 96% tin and 4% silver imported directly from Sweden. You'll have an opportunity to choose your braid type — traditional Sámi-inspired or Celtic — as well as the color of leather you use.
About Our Guest Instructor
Liz Bucheit creates jewelry and body adornment inspired by her Scandinavian ancestry and keeps close ties to her heritage by drawing inspiration from Nordic folklore and myth. A goldsmith for over 30 years, she holds a Master’s degree in metalworking and jewelry from the University of Iowa, Iowa City and has trained in traditional jewelry and metalworking techniques in Norway and Ireland. Liz has won numerous competitions and been awarded grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, McKnight Foundation, Sons of Norway and the SE Minnesota Arts Council. She was recently awarded a Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest Fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation to study Sámi silver adornment in Northern Norway. She has exhibited in museums and cultural centers and her bridal tiaras and wedding jewelry are in many collections. Liz is an active speaker on the topic of Norwegian filigree work and conducts workshops and classes in jewelry design and fabrication. Liz is also the sole American sølje service and repair representative for Sylvsmidja AS, Norway’s oldest producer of traditional bunad silver. She owns and operates Crown Trout Jewelers in Lanesboro, Minnesota.
