Birkana is a creative workshop in Saltbæk, where we gather people about craftsmanship, creative joy and community. In our cozy barn, we offer creative workshops that only your imagination limits. Here is room for both beginners and practitioners who want to explore new techniques and immerse themselves in creative projects. Our mission is to create a vibrant focal point where creativity flourishes and where everyone can find inspiration and community. Below you can read more about us and our history, about why we made this place.

**Who are we? **

Behind Birkana stand Ida Sofie Skipper Massesson and Jane Massesson, mother and daughter who share a passion for creating and disseminating crafts. We both have a background in the creative world, but chose to go down the path of pedagogy and still work alongside.

Our goal is to make Saltbæk a vibrant, creative gathering point and give people the opportunity to immerse themselves in something creative together with others. Something that we have always enjoyed having together and that is why we want to share this experience with others.

In an age when our everyday lives are filled with digital possibilities, we believe in the value of returning to the more simple and basic forms of creativity. There's something special about creating with your hands — feeling the material, immersing yourself in the process and seeing something take shape from scratch. It gives a sense of pride, presence and tranquility.

Right from the beginning

In 2023, we fell in love with a small village outside Kalundborg and took the leap from Greater Copenhagen to the open countryside of Saltbæk.

We bought the farm with plenty of space, and here we now live in family collective - Ida and Simon in the main house, and Jane in the one long.

Jane has worked with ceramics for many years, and with the large workshop on the farm, it made sense to create a place where creativity and community could flourish. She has worked as a couple at Hareskovens Lilleskole for many years and therefore also has a great understanding and understanding of teaching children how to make clay.

Ida graduated in entrepreneurship and design from the Copenhagen Business Academy and later as an educator at Copenhagen University College. Where she met Simon who is also an educator. He helps out on the farm and in Birkana with various practical things, as we always have something to build.

Birkana started out with the vision to create a place where we could work creatively together and at the same time be more at home with the family. But the dream has grown since then.

Our plans are to gradually expand with, for example, small cabins for rent, wilderness baths, saunas and more experiences, so that even more people can come and experience the amazing little beach we now call home.