5-Session Online Bone Tool Making class
Each class will begin at 4 PM to around 6 PM Pacific time
Because my dog passed away, I am adding a sixth session so more folks can sign up. We did one session, but it was short. If you register, I will give you the link to the Google Drive!
If you ever find yourself lost in the woods and forget the knife you usually carry, you should learn as many ways of creating a sharp edge using natural materials as possible. The art of flint knapping is breaking certain types of rocks that only exist in various pockets around the country into stone knives and arrowheads. You can take some rocks, smash them on the ground, and get an edge to carve a Bowdrill notch, but you'll want something a little more precise eventually. Bone tools can be shaped into anything from the fishhook to spearpoint. That material is animal bone.
Class Dates: all classes begin at 4 PM Pacific and end at 6 PM
4/6/24 Part 1
5/11/24 Part 2
6/8/24 Part 3
6/29/24 Part 4
7/20/24 Part 5
8/5/24 part 6
Throughout this class experience, I will teach you:
How to find animal bones
Processing them in a way to maximizes the amount of tools you can get from a single piece of bone.
Show you how to process and utilize the sinews, which can be used for anything from sewing to making a bowstring, and in the context of this class, how to attach a bone arrowhead to the arrow itself.
I will also teach you how to process evergreen tree sap into what is known as "pitch glue." It makes for fantastic waterproofing
a few tools you will learn to make are spears/arrowheads, needles, and knives, to name a few! Oh, and jewelry as well!
We will create a group chat in WhatsApp or something like that, so they can always contact each other for questions and show off the cool things you're making!
Because my dog passed away, I am adding a sixth session so more folks can sign up. We did one session, but it was short. If you register, I will give you the link to the Google Drive!
If you ever find yourself lost in the woods and forget the knife you usually carry, you should learn as many ways of creating a sharp edge using natural materials as possible. The art of flint knapping is breaking certain types of rocks that only exist in various pockets around the country into stone knives and arrowheads. You can take some rocks, smash them on the ground, and get an edge to carve a Bowdrill notch, but you'll want something a little more precise eventually. Bone tools can be shaped into anything from the fishhook to spearpoint. That material is animal bone.
Class Dates: all classes begin at 4 PM Pacific and end at 6 PM
4/6/24 Part 1
5/11/24 Part 2
6/8/24 Part 3
6/29/24 Part 4
7/20/24 Part 5
8/5/24 part 6
Throughout this class experience, I will teach you:
How to find animal bones
Processing them in a way to maximizes the amount of tools you can get from a single piece of bone.
Show you how to process and utilize the sinews, which can be used for anything from sewing to making a bowstring, and in the context of this class, how to attach a bone arrowhead to the arrow itself.
I will also teach you how to process evergreen tree sap into what is known as "pitch glue." It makes for fantastic waterproofing
a few tools you will learn to make are spears/arrowheads, needles, and knives, to name a few! Oh, and jewelry as well!
We will create a group chat in WhatsApp or something like that, so they can always contact each other for questions and show off the cool things you're making!
