Classes
Piedmont Earthskills Gatherings offer a wide array of classes that cover many core areas of primitive skills. The three foundational skills are fire starting, flint knapping (making sharp tools) and cordage (making rope and string). Other areas of importance are Awareness skills (like tracking and wayfinding), Food and Water, and Shelter. We also often have classes in areas like Music and Story telling, Metal Working, Wood Working, and Personal and Community Health.
Below is a list of possible classes that may be taught at Piedmont Earthskills. Each event has unique offerings!
List of Past Classes
- Fire by Friction
- Open Hearth Cooking
- Primitive Pottery
- Blacksmithing
- Wilderness Survival skills
- Flintknapping (Stone Tool making)
- Bone and Antler Tools
- Weaving and Textiles
- Cordage and Twining
- Netting
- Basketry
- Knots
- Knife Sharpening
- Wood Carving
- Nature Awareness
- Edible and Medicinal Plant Harvesting
- Homesteading and Sustainability
- Bolas
- Rabbit-sticks
- Atl-atls and Darts
- Traps and Snares
- Primitive Cookery
- Soap making
- Natural Dyes
- Useful Wild Plants
- Pitch Sticks
- Primitive Shelters/Structures
- Making Indigenous Musical Instruments
- Hide Tanning
- Clothing and Adornments
- Moccasin making
- Village life
- Tracking and Stalking wildlife