William Gould

Bill Gould lives in Warner, NH with his wife Sherry where they own a small farm. Bill is retired from the forest industry, where he ran his own logging and sawmill business. Bill and Sherry now raise various livestock on their farm as well as other activities, such as spinning wool and making Maple Syrup. Bill now spends some of his time making baskets and building BirchBark Canoes. Bill is a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe (Tribal #322), as well as a member of the Vermont Abenaki Artist Association and was juried by The League of NH Craftsmen, in the mediums of basket making and leather work. Bill learned Utilitarian basket making from Newt Washburn, winner of the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Governors Arts Award in Living Folk Heritage.