NORWEGIAN TERMITE
Woodcarving in the Scandinavian Tradition

NORWEGIAN TERMITE CLASSES

Classes

Individual tutoring or small group classes are held periodically in my workshop.

Contact me for more information.

Information on our next class below...

Burnsville Carving Club

​Open Carving

Thursdays 6 pm - 9 pm

First-timers - no charge. A free wood blank and loan of a carving knife will be provided

Diamondhead Education Center ISD 191
200 Burnsville Parkway
Upper level, enter through Door #2
Room 2012 (Campus Cup)
Burnsville, MN 55337

Flat Plane Figure Carving Skills Workshop

Build skills in Scandinavian style flat plane figure carving in this multi-week workshop. Geared towards students with previous figure carving experience, this class will work on nuances of adding to details to figures’ faces and bodies.

Over five weeks students will practice on sample sticks and bring previously started figures to life. This class will offer supportive and creative environment with focus on exploring new techniques.

For more information and to register, please use the link below:

https://asimn.org/events-calendar/flat-plane-figure-carving-workshop-with-jock-holmen/

Date / Time


Date: Wednesdays, October 21-November 18, 1-4 pm

American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis
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Cost = $250
Materials Fee $10

Register Here:
https://asimn.org/events-calendar/flat-plane-figure-carving-workshop-with-jock-holmen/

Drawing and Carving Acanthus

Norwegian-style acanthus carvings are familiar to many appreciators of traditional Norwegian buildings, wooden ware, and other folk art—but before you can carve it, you have to be able to draw it! Join woodcarver Jock Holmen for a five-week class to learn the basic “alphabet” of Norwegian carving, first through drawing and then with chisels and gouges. Understanding how larger decorative carvings can be broken into individual components allows anyone to approach a new project with both precision and creativity. Throughout the five sessions, this class will focus on design, shape, and basic building blocks to give students the tools to further their carving practice.

For more information and to register, please use the link below:

https://asimn.org/events-calendar/drawing-and-carving-acanthus-with-jock-holmen/

Date / Time

Wednesdays, October 21-November 18, 6-9 pm

American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis

Cost = $250
Materials Fee $10

https://asimn.org/events-calendar/drawing-and-carving-acanthus-with-jock-holmen/

Minnesota Woodworkers Guild Annual Expo

Join other woodworkers at this family-friendly event to see the latest tool vendors, makers, and related nonprofits, with an emphasis on demonstration and education. At the 2025 Expo, over 80 local and national woodworking retailers, tool manufacturers, lumber sellers, schools, organizations, and makers came to the Expo to show off products, share information, answer questions, and share their knowledge of and passion for woodworking and making.

Activities include:

BELT SANDER RACING                        TOOL SWAP                  KIDS WORKSHOP                   MEET THE MAKERS

For more information - https://mnwwg.org/woodworkers-expo-welcome-page/

Date / Time


Saturday, October 17 - 9 am – 4 pm

Progress Center at the MN State Fairgrounds

1621 Randall Ave., St. Paul, MN

Register Here:

https://mnwwg.org/woodworkers-expo-welcome-page/

Mindekirken Church Tuesday Open House

Tuesday Open House is Mindekirken's initiative outreach ministry to expand knowledge of persons with Norwegian interests and/or background about Mindekirken and Norwegian culture via five areas of interest. Areas are: Norwegian literature, historic/contemporary Norwegian life, music, theology/faith/life, and art. The program provides an opportunity for fellowship, a time for devotions, a time to eat a lunch and always interesting presentations.

10:30 a.m. Doors open
11-11:30 a.m. Lunch is available
11:45 a.m. Welcome and Announcements
12-1:00 p.m. Jock will be presenting a program about Nordic woodcarving and local artists

$15 donation per person upon entry includes lunch and program

​For more information and to make a reservation: https://www.mindekirken.org/tuesday-open-house

Date / Time


November 17, 10:30 am -1 pm

Fellowship Hall

924 East 21st St., Minneapolis

Register Here:
https://www.mindekirken.org/tuesday-open-house