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Our Workshops

Please click on the name of the workshop to see a complete course description, and to find out the next time it is being offered.

 




› Primitive Pottery › Fire Making › 9 Step Knapping™
› Making & Using Natural Cordage Advanced Firemaking: Bowdrill
   Beyond the Basics
› Arrow Points: Bottle Bottoms &
   Beyond
› Bone Working NEW! Flint & Steel: Fires & Kits › Stone Tools
› Working with Grasses › Survival Skills 101 › Pressure Flaking
› Burned Bowls & Bark Containers NEW! Winter Survival › Intermediate Flintknapping
› Working with Rawhide › Immediate Need & Emergency    Shelters › Advanced Flintknapping
› Natural Glues & Adhesives › Short-term & Small-Group Shelters
› Primitive Fishing Techniques NEW! Long-term Living Shelters  
› Braintanning › Winter Shelters  
› Using the Whole Animal › Bushcraft Basics: Setting up    Camp  
NEW! Primitive Soap Making › The Cutting Edge: Proper Use of
   Knives, Axes, Hatchets & Machetes
 
  Tying it All Together: Knots,    Lashings & Putting Cordage to Use  
  › Natural Navigation: Reading the
   Landscape & Finding Your Way
 



› Bow-making: Self Bows › Acorn Processing › Stalking & Natural Camouflage
› Introduction to Bow-making › Medicinal Plant Preparations:   Tinctures, Salves, Infusions & more › Hunting Skills: The Spot & Stalk
› Survival Bows: 3 Bows in 3 Days › Natural Dyes › The Atlatl
› Advanced Bow-making:
   Recurves, Bamboo and Sinew
› Soap Making › Tracking Basics
› Arrows: Harvesting, Curing &    Straightening Shafts › Felt Making › Tracking Fundamentals
› Arrows: Points, Hafting & Fletching › The "GO" Bag › Winter Tracking
› Survival Arrows › Backwoods Hygiene & Improvised
   First Aid
› Traps, Simplified
› Archery Fundamentals › Building a Reed Boat NEW! Primitive Man Traps — An   Historical Perspective
› Shooting the Longbow › Out of the Darkness: Candles,    Lamps & Illumination › Skills of the Guardian
  › Keeping the Harvest: Food    Drying, Storage & Preservation NEW! Non-returning Boomerangs:   The Ultimate Throwing Stick
  › Making Jams, Jellies &    Preserves  



› Front-yard Foraging: An Intro to    Common Edibles › Melon Baskets & Twined
   Baskets
› Nature Observation & Awareness
› Spring Foraging › Coil Baskets › Drum Making
NEW! Woodland Foraging › Survival Baskets › Rattles
› Medicinal Plants › Adirondack Pack Baskets › Awareness 1: Reconnecting
  › Woodland Basket Quiver NEW! Foraging, Gathering, and the   Mindset of the Hunter-Gatherer
  › Gathering Baskets
  › Bark Baskets & Containers



› Black & White Cooking: The Art of
   Cooking with Coals & Ash
› Seeps & Springs: Uncovering the   
  Water of Life
› Cherokee Blow Guns & Thistle    Darts w/ Doug Meyer
› Cooking with Clay › Constructing a Sweat Lodge › River Cane: Tools, Toys & Other    Cool Uses w/ Doug Meyer
› Beyond Stone Soup: Hot Rock    Cooking › Constructing an Outdoor Kitchen   —Primitive Style! NEW! Gourds: 101 Uses!
   w/ Doug Meyer
› Campground Cookery: Dutch    Ovens, Skillets, Grills & more › Constructing an Earth Kiln