GOURD WORKSHOP -- Learn to make a bowl, cup, or spoon! August 23, 10 a.m. You will learn how to clean and process a traditional gourd grown for utilitarian purposes. These are the hard shelled gourds that probably originated in Africa, and were common all across the American Southwest. Your job will be to clean, […]
PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY: FIRE WORKSHOP Saturday, September 6, 10 a.m. We will take a walk and you will see the woods that are used to make the most basic methods of fire-production: The bow and drill, and the hand drill. You will also see the plow, and flint and steel. You will learn by doing. You […]
Saturday, September 27, 10 a.m. WILD FOOD AND USEFUL PLANTS BY THE SEASON This series of workshops, one per season, will show you nature through the seasons, from a forager’s perspective. The essence of this class is to develop seasonal knowledge and observational skills: How to look, where to look, what to look for. […]