Snittefest i Danmark: Tidligere år

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Snittefest 2022

Snittefesten 2022 løb af stablen i pinsen og var tilbage med fuldt program. Vi heldig med noget dejligt solskinsvejr og det hele startede som sædvanligt fredag aften med fællessnit. I år skulle der snittes i grenstykker som var delt i seks. Det blev til mange forskellige fine figurer. Lørdag startede med spots hvor Andreas Hansen fortalte om save, Benjamin Bording om kolrosing, Thomas Hansen lavede sigøjnerblomster og Balder Egholm havde snitteteknik.
Efter frokost gik workshopsne i gang. Jens Katballe havde en dobbeltworkshop med vippelad. Karina Børven havde en dobbeltworkshop med smørforme. Snitte Mads havde en dobbelt familieworkshop. Thomas Hansen lavede enkle snittede ting og Frank og Balder Egholm lavede taburetter.
Sidst på eftermiddagen var der spots igen. Denne gang viste Jens Katballe økseteknik, Benjamin Bording talte om olier og behandling af træ, Balder Egholm lavede bogstavssnit og Thomas Hansen fortalte om vedligeholdelse af værktøj. Aftenen sluttede af med snit omkring bålet.
Søndag fortsatte dobbeltworkshopsne og Benjamin Bording havde en workshop og skeer.
Udover workshopholderen Karina som kom fra Norge var der i år deltagere fra både Norge og Sverige. Der var som altid god stemning og der blev lavet mange flotte ting.

Snittefest 2022 took plave over Whitsun and was back with a full programme. We were lucky with the weather and as usually the festival kicked off with pass it on carving on friday evening. This year we had several pieces of branches which had been split into sixths. It resultat in many wonderful figures.
Saturday started with spots where Andreas Hansen talked about saws, Benjamin Bording tought kolrosing, Thomas Hansen made gypsy flowers and Balder Egholm talked about carving technique.
After lunch it was time for workshops. Jens Katballe had a double workshop on pole lathe turning, Karina Børven had a double workshop on butter moulds, Snitte Mads had a double family workshop, Thomas Hansen had a workshop on whittling and Frank and Balder Egholm had a workshop on stools.
In the afternoon there was another slot of spots with Jens Katballe demonstrating axe technique, Benjamin Bording talked of oils and treatments, Balder Egholm carved letters and Thomas Hansen talked on mantenance of tools. The evening was rounded off with carving, bonfire and music.
On Sunday the double workshops continued and Benjamin Bording had a spoon carving workshop.
Apart from the workshopholder Karina whom had come from Norway there were participants from both Norway and Sweden and an American reciding in Sweden.
There was as alway a great atmosphere and a lot of nice carvings.

Snittefest 2021

På grund af corona havde årets Snittefest et begrænset program uden workshops og løb af stablen 20.-22. august.
Festen startede fredag aften med fællessnit som jo er blevet en tradition. Her er der et tema som man får lov til at snitte ud fra i 3 minutter. Herefter skal man give sit stykke træ til personen til venstre. Således fortsætter det hvert 3. minut.
Lørdag og søndag var der spots. Frank Egholm lavede børster/pensler. Balder Egholm lavede karvsnit og snittegreb. Thomas Hansen lavede sigøjnerblomster og værktøjsvedligeholdelse. Jens Katballe lavede økseteknik og mælkemaling. Benjamin Nørgaard Bording lavede kolrosing.

Due to covid this years Snittefest had a limited programme without workshops.
The festival began with pass it on carving on friday evening. There is a common theme and everyone carve for 3 minutes before passing the wood on to the next person.
On saturday and sunday we had spots. Frank Egholm made brushes, Balder Egholm did chipcarving and knife techniques, Thomas Hansen did gypsy flowers and tool maintainence, Jens Katballe did axe techniques and milk paint and Benjamin Nørgaard Bording did kolrosing.

Snittefest 2020

Snittefesten 2020 blev som meget andet coronaaflyst
Snittefest 2020 was as much else canceled due to covid

Snittefest 2019

English in italic

Snittefesten 2019 startede som sædvanligt fredag aften hvor de første ankom til Boserupgård. I år var der rigtigt mange der havde valgt at komme fredag hvilket var rigtigt dejligt. Snitteprogrammet startede med en omgang "giv den videre snit" ved bålet. Vi fik hver 5 minutter til at snitte, før man så gav træet videre til sin sidemand. Årets opgave var at vi skulle dekorere den blodbøg der står ved siden af bålpladsen.

Snittefest 2019 began as usual on Friday evening where the first participants arrived at Boserupgård. This year a lot of people had decided to arrive Friday which was nice. The whittling programme started with a round of "pass it on" around the bonfire. We each had 5 minutes to carve before passing the wood on to the next person. This year the goal was to decorate the copper beech next to the bonfire.

Lørdagen var fyldt op med to gange tre timers workshop. Vi havde været rigtigt heldige at både Yoav Elkayam og Will St Clair var kommet over fra England for at undervise.
Yoav drejede skåle på vippelad og Will lavede skåle med bl.a. tængsel.

The saturday was filled with to times three hour workshops. We had been lucky enough that Yoav Elkayam and Will St Clair had come over from England to teach.
Yoav turned bowls on a pole lathe and Will made bowls useing adzes.

Thomas Søe og Danny Wangsøe havde årets længste workshop som strakte sig over ni timer hvor de lavde svepæsker

Thomas Søe and Danny Wangsøe was teaching the longest workshop this year. Nine hours and these svep boxes

Bo Krogh Nielsen havde en workshop med dekoration og låg til krympebokse.
Der blev både savet låg, malet med mælkemaling, brændt med gas og skåret mønstre.

Bo Krogh Nielsen had a workshop on decorating and lids for shrink pots.
They cut out lids, painted with milkpaint, burned with gas and carved patterns.

Jens Katballe underviste i kuksaer
Kuksaer er kopper med håndtag der stammer fra Samerne i nordlige Skandinavien og Rusland.

Jens Katballe was teaching making kukas
The kuksa is a handled cup which originate from the Sami people in northern Scandinavia and Russia.

Thomas Hansen underviste igen i år i vikingetallerkener. De første nåede også at bruge dem til morgenmad søndag.

Thomas Hansen once again had a workshop on viking plates. The first ones already used them for breakfast on Sunday.

Jonas Als havde en workshop om slibning og vedligeholdelse af det skærende værktøj.

Jonas Als had a workshop a workshop on sharpening and maintenence of cutting tools.

Bianca Wolter havde medbragt en anden slags værktøj og så blev der lavet læderskeder til knive og økser.

Bianca Wolter had brought some different kind of tools and then they made leathersheaths for knives and axes.

Søren Englyst lavede smukke spånfugle. I år var de meget mindre, blev lavet i hassel og så var de nemmere at lave.

Søren Englyst made beautiful fan birds. This year they were much smaller and made from hazel, but also easier to make.

Nede i den lille tipi havde Torben Johansen og Hussain Skotte hver deres børneworkshop henholdsvis med masker og med buer, fløjter mm.

In the small tepee Torben Johansen and Hussain Skotte had a childrens workshop each. Torben with masks and Hussain with bows, flutes and more.

Det var workshoppene lørdag. Heldigvis var de fleste myg forsvundet. Endnu mere heldigt var det at aftensmaden var dukket op i form af hen helstegt gris. Efterfølgende var der bål, mere snitning, lidt musik og nogle øl.

That concluded the workshops on Saturday. Luckily the mosquitoes had mostly disappeared. Even luckier the supper had arrived which was a whole barbecued pig. Afterwards there was bonfires, more carving, bit of music and a few beers.

Søndag begyndte med 1½ times spots.

I år kunne man lave æggebægre, amerikanske koste og male med mælkemaling. Derudover var der demonstration af skæftning af økse, drejning på vippelad og slibning på en Tormek vådsliber.

Sunday commenced with 1½ hours of spots.
This year people could make egg cups, native american brooms, paint with milk paint. There was demonstrations on turning on a pole lathe, axe handles and sharpening on a Tormek.