Nature is the classroom and the inspiration. Our group will meet in a private wooded area with the necessary infrastructure for staying dry and comfortable. Fire will warm cold days, shade and light breezes will cool the warm ones. The experience of being in a circle out in nature crafting with our hands connects us to our ancestral roots - to the lived experience of all of our ancestors.​

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The program focuses on building a deeper understanding and connections with the natural world through project-based skill building. All of the crafts we work on have a deeper source or purpose than the object itself. It's all about understanding the relationships things have to one another.

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Some of the skills we work on include carving wood, friction fire techniques, hand-building ceramics, wood crafting, archery, knife skills, tomahawk and hatchet skills, building skills, leather craft, flint napping, drawing/sketching, hunting, tracking, shelter building, awareness games, story telling and listening.

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Students will have the opportunity to learn a lot about the natural world and ancestral arts. This program is recommended for young students who have the maturity to focus and craft for reasonable periods of time and have a passion for deepening their nature skills and connection.