Using parts of the deer that are normally discarded, the hide, bones, sinew and hooves, we will create tools, musical instruments, and knife sheaths…useful tools for daily life.

Using a method called combo-tanning which involves aspects of both brain tanning and bark tanning, you will turn raw deer hides into beautiful, soft and versatile buckskin. This class is physically strenuous at certain times,  but you will leave with an amazing product.

This weekend workshop allows students to transform old horse shoes and railroad spikes into useful and beautiful knives and blades. 

Both beginners and intermediate students looking to improve skills are invited to explore our coal-powered forges while enjoying our wooded off-grid campus. 

We will explore cooking directly over flame in a stone hearth, an antique wood stone and baking in a hand built cob oven. We sill share the meal we create together at our community table.

Two days of weaving functional basketry from various materials; Split oak, kudzu, or tulip poplar bark. We offer many different types of basketry.

Spend the morning foraging the woods and meadows for nature’s bounty, then head to the outdoor kitchen to prepare an amazing dinner over wood fires.

More than a handcrafts class, Emileigh creates a ritual space for participants to settle in and create with intention. Everyone will have an opportunity to make a up to 4 various whisk brooms, including turkey wings, hawk tails, and stitched whisks.

A one day exploration into the historic passing rite of our ancestors - learn how to create fire only by friction of wood sticks.

Only offered once in a while, Eustace leads this small group intensive in the forest and land management of Turtle Island Preserve. If you want to be taught directly by Eustace…this is your opportunity.

We are normally closed for winter, but this weekend seminar trains participants in various winter survival skills, to include cold weather fire building, shelters, first aid, and much more.