E ight months of time and eff rt on the pa t of Mrs . Florence Buck o f T a c rna c u l min ate d i n .January i n o n e of (he f i ne s t exhibits o f Norw gian rose mal ling Cd c()rative pain ting) to b f o u n d a n y whe r e in America today .
Th exl ·bit , ap proximately SO p i ec s of exqui sitely detailed crafts m anship by as many con tem p o r a r y Norweg i a n rosemaller , was on dis p l a y at th e PLU M o r t vedt Lib r a r y Galler" through Jan uary . A tTll, ., Norway in Au gust and Septe m ber il d countles s pieces o f f 11 w-up corr s p o n d e n c e m a d e t h e e x h i b i t po s s i b l e , according to Mrs. Buck, who has
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taught rosemalling at her home in Lakewood for the past year. During her trip to No rway Mrs. Buck met individually with all of the c rafts p e r s o n s whose work was eve ntually exhibited . "They w e re extre mely help f u l a n d cooperati ve , " she said. "One in troduction led to another . And they are most excited when they find an American interes t e d in their work. " Contributors rang ed from an 82-year old master rosemaller to a 22 -year old woman . Most of the pieces were from Telemark and Hallingdal i n s o u t h c e n t ra l Norway. " Norway is the only cou ntry in the world that has a craft like t h i s ," M r s . B u c k e x p l a i n e d . "Each valley represented has a
d i f fe r e n t s t y l e o f p a i n t i n g d e veloped independently from the others . It is a tradition handed down through families, primarily in rural areas . " E a rly details concerning the possibility of an e x hibit w e r e worked out last May. Mrs . Buck, then serving as chairman of the Daughters of Norway participa t i o n i n t h e a n n u al P L U May Festival, had a chance to huddle with PLU Norwegian profes s o r Audun Toven to get the idea off t h e g r o u n d . H e p r o mis e d p a r t i c i p a t i o n and s u p port on behalf of the university and the P L U S e squ i c e n t e n n i a l C o m mittee.