Skogen & slöjden (The Forest and Craft) (book)

"Accessible, thought-provoking and inspiring." ELLE Decoration

"... inspiring tips for children and adults, and ideas for craft teachers too." Ämnesläraren

Trees, saplings, grass, leaves, bark, mosses, flowers and lichens. With the forest as an ingredient you learn different methods and techniques of craft. The book contains instructions for 44 craft projects for greater knowledge of the forest, from making leaf garlands and plant crowns to weaving willow baskets, pressing flowers and making a moss rug. Beyond the instructions there is just as much pure inspiration.

Only when we understand the forest can we care for it. In this way craft is unique: it begins in the forest and starts from the properties and logic of the materials. Wordless knowledge passed from nature to hand, then from hand to hand. Stories from mother to daughter, from grandfather to grandchild. Tacit knowledge that can only be spread through practice and doing. The best we can do for nature is to spend plenty of time in forests, mountains and meadows.

"This must be one of the spring's books that is perfectly timed. It is about the importance of understanding and protecting the forest, the role of craft and people's ability to create from nature's gifts." Icakuriren. The book is in Swedish.