Brett Nelson - Instructors

Brett is originally from Minnesota and has lived in Fairbanks for 25 years, with some time in Michigan along the way. Always enjoying the outdoors (hiking, canoeing, skiing and fishing), he was encouraged for many years to take up wood carving by his mother-in-law who was a master carver in Minnesota. Finally after taking a spoon carving class from John Manthei a number of years ago, Brett started to see ‘spoons’ in the birch logs while splitting firewood. Still gathering firewood, he now is also always on the lookout for spoons, kuksas, spreaders, and coffee scoops that may be in the wood.