So how do we return to the natural cycles of life? How do we honor the life and death of an animal? How do we get intimate with our food and death/

In this class we will discuss these questions and also learn the skills of skinning, butchering, and processing, and also teach on how to use all of the animal gifts through bone tools, tanning hides, sinew crafts, and more.

In this 4 day class, students will transform a deer hide into a piece of soft, supple suede leather. Each student will take home their own “buckskin” as well as the knowledge and physical understanding of what it takes to preserve animal skins.

Step back into the stone age and work with your hands to create the most essential human tools — cutting edges and fire. In this immersive class, you’ll learn the fundamentals of flint knapping: shaping stone into usable blades, scrapers, and arrowheads. We’ll then shift into the art of friction fire, where you’ll carve, shape, and coax flame from wood using ancestral techniques. This class is both meditative and empowering — a reminder of how capable and connected we can be when we slow down, observe, and work with the earth’s raw materials.

In this class, you’ll explore the ancient art of basketry, working with living fibers to shape functional and beautiful vessels.

2.3 million years ago, two of our human ancestors sat in a cave in eastern Africa and flint knapped stone by firelight. Their flakes of stone fell off into the fire and left evidence for us of some of the earliest known flint knapping in the world. Since then, humans relied on flint and other high-siliica content rocks for their survival. So much so that we don’t have the physical ability to cut and tear into plants and animals without tools! Our bodies are built upon this rich history of lithics and there is physical and emotional “medicine” in learning the art of flint knapping

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll dive into the ancient craft of arrow making — a skill that blends precision, patience, and artistry. Students will learn how to select and straighten shafts, attach fletchings, and fit bone or metal points. Along the way, we’ll explore the history and spirit of the hunt — what it means to create your own tools from the land, to align intention, craftsmanship, and purpose. You’ll leave with your own hand-crafted arrows and a deeper appreciation for the intimacy between maker, tool, and landscape.

Join us in this 4 day bow building class where you can begin your journey of handmade “selfbows” (bows from one piece of wood). This is a four day class running from September 25-28th