Lusk Scandia Woodworks

Mike Lusk
     I have been working with wood to some extent since 1985, in 2000 it became my profession.
     Scandinavian design plays a large part in the items I craft. From bent wood boxes to curved top trunks to handmade cabinets, each piece is carefully crafted and sanded smooth. My favorite source of new ideas comes from old sources. I go to museums and look at traditional pieces and then incorporate a lot of those ideas into my own design.
     Most of the items I make are meant to be finished by the customer. I use mostly basswood for the pieces that people want to rosmal or paint. Many of the basswood pieces could also be carved on. I also have a wide variety of other hardwoods I can use for projects that are to be stained.
     Many of the pieces I make are pictured in my catalog which is featured on our website. Please check back occasionally, as I add new pieces to my line of wood products periodically.

Becky Lusk

Becky Lusk
I became interested in woodcarving very early in life. My maternal grandfather, Hans Simonson, a Norwegian immigrant, was a woodcarver. My mother, Jean Giese, is a Vesterheim Gold-medalist in rosemaling. While in high school, I began taking woodcarving classes through Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, IA. My instructors include prominent woodcarvers from Norway, the US, and Sweden. In 1992, I was awarded a gold medal in woodcarving from Vesterheim. I enjoy carving; figures of people and animals, ale bowls, acanthus, dragonstil, and relief scenes.

I currently teach figure carving, ale bowl carving, and dragonstil carving at Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, IA, Norskedalen Heritage Center, Coon Valley, WI, and at various woodcarving clubs.