Saturday:

What’s strong enough to harpoon a whale? What can you use to make a bridge? What material is strong enough to make a rope strong enough to climb a mountain? ……….Natural cordage!!

We will collect long nettle stems and prepare them for cordage. These can then be used for our bark containers.

Natural cordage was one of the first ancestral skills I saw demonstrated and it was actually life changing. I kid you not. We shall also go into Bark Craft. This will include learning how to select the right trees for bark craft, how to remove the bark and how to make a useful container, just like our mesolithic (and of course paleolthic) ancestors would have.

We will cover:

• Different plants that are suitable for cordage

• 2 ply cordage technique

• Selecting wood for bark containers

• Making a folded container

• Making a bark pot

  May: Saturday :bark bag and cordage making class. finish with a forage walk at the end

Sunday

Neanderthals utilized fire for hardening wood, a process that likely involved heating wooden implements to improve their durability and strength

Sunday we shall start with coppicing hazel to make a fire hardened digging stick. We shall also whittle a pot hanger for herbs for a foraged herbal tea. Additionally we shall test out fire hardened digging sticks by digging up some tubers and going on a gathering walk. So come, Chanel your inner Neanderthal and craft and forage!

We will cover:

• Coppicing wood

• Whittling Projects

• Fire hardening

• Foraging and plant identification

Costs and booking:

£70 (have expendable income)
£80 (Finically secure)

Limited concession spaces available, email to enquire

To book on, contact Luke (Kael) on:

kael.ancestralskilss@gmail.com or 07517952182