Patti Goke has designed a Setesdal design for a small oval bentwood box. This box has stitching on one side, that breaks up the side design and the fitted lid has a full design.

This online class is for beginning rosemalers and experienced rosemalers alike. Instead of painting, we will be focusing our energy on demystifying the design process, which can be more intimidating than painting itself! Vesterheim Gold Medalist Patti Goke will empower you to incorporate elements unique to the telemark style, into your own unique designs. All you need is your creativity and a desire to do some drawing.

Although the various Agders and the Setesdal styles are similar in many ways, there are a small number of design elements that are unique to Aust-Agder. In this class, we will learn about the Aust-Agder style as we paint a design created just for this class. We will paint a traditional design using traditional colors.

This class is designed for intermediate to experienced rosemalers, but experienced painters who are new to rosemaling will also be successful. As always, the main goals of a Vesterheim class is to create community and have fun while learning!

If you’ve ever thought about trying rosemaling, here’s a great opportunity to take the brush in hand! Rosemaling is an iconic and traditional Norwegian folk art. The class will include demonstrations and plenty of hands-on practice. Students will be provided with all the supplies and materials needed to practice strokes and complete a project on a shallow wooden bowl. Find out about the stylistic elements of Nordfjord style rosemaling while learning how to prepare and base coat your surface, hold and clean your brush, do line work, and so much more. The class will be taught using oil paints – if you've painted with acrylics, this would be a good opportunity to explore oil!

Join Vesterheim Gold Medalist Patti Goke to paint a shallow bowl in the Trøndelag style of rosemaling! The class will include demonstrations and plenty of hands-on practice as well as time for questions. Students will be provided with all the supplies and materials needed to complete the project. Rosemaling is an iconic and traditional art form, and this class will explore the stylistic elements of rosemaling in the Trøndelag style. The class will be taught using oil paints.

I first saw Persgard’s work on a Vesterheim folk art tour. There was trunk of his on the second floor of a farm building. The colors were rich and vibrant and he seemed to love huge black dots at the end of his linework.

Together we will explore the work of Sevat Uppheim through looking at pictures of his known works, sketching elements of his style, working out his colors, doing a bit of painting, and marveling at his creative genius and extraordinary detail work.