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#ShareFest #Totnes
Sat 18 April, 10am to 4pm, Totnes Civic Hall

This free and family-friendly event aims to showcase a wide range of projects that encourage a more resourceful, collaborative and sustainable lifestyle.

Activities include:
#RepairCafe
Bike Repair and Maintenance
#ClothesSwap
Skillshares <- this one's me teaching basketry
Pay What You Feel Cafe
Plant & Seed Swap
Community Singing
Tool Sharpening
Tech Amnesty
Craft Making
Children's Activities

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sharefest-totnes-tickets-1983361764428

#Devon #HeritageCrafts #AncestralSkills #SolarpunkSunday

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Jules she/her Mar 2

I also got to attend a workshop on how to make rushlights. Rushlights were recorded as having been made in Britain by the native inhabitants by Roman chroniclers, and remained in use in the poorest households as a more affordable alternative to candles into the 19th century.

They're made by stripping most of the epidermis off the soft rush Juncus effusus, leaving only a thin strip to provide structure but exposing the inner pith. The rushes are then dried, soaked in fat and burned for light. Traditionally pig or mutton fat would have been used, but as candles became more widely commercially available it was apparently quite common for families to buy one candle and melt it down to make 30 rushlights, as a less messy alternative to rendering their own fat. You can use vegetable oil as I did here but solid fats are less messy.

#HeritageCrafts #AncestralSkills

Jules she/her Mar 2

Anyway the reason I've been travelling through London being bewildered by hipster cafes is I went to the Institute of Outdoor Learning's #Bushcraft conference this weekend and taught a couple of besom broom making workshops.

#HeritageCrafts #AncestralSkills

Jules she/her Dec 1

#Kent folks, Jack Raven #Bushcraft is having a sale on 2026 bushcraft, #HeritageCrafts and #AncestralSkills courses including #NetMaking and #CoilBasketry by yours truly.

https://www.jackravenbushcraft.co.uk/20-off-bushcraft-courses-in-our-christmas-sale-2025

20% off bushcraft courses in our Christmas Sale 2025!!! - Jack Raven Bushcraft

CHRISTMAS SALE!! 20% off bushcraft & craft courses with Jack Raven Bushcraft, based at our ancient woodland camp in Kent. Perfect Xmas present for a loved one!!

Jack Raven Bushcraft

Jules she/her Oct 19

Getting set up to teach #NetMaking with Jack Raven #Bushcraft.

https://www.jackravenbushcraft.co.uk/

#HeritageCrafts #AncestralSkills

Pops Sep 25, 2025

FISH SKIN LEATHER

if this is something that piques your interest… I will be showing people how to prep, tan and soften fish skin to make leather for a community art project called AMP

WHERE: @rewind
WHEN: this Saturday from 11am

flick me a private message if ur keen to come by and learn !

#naturaltanning #ancestralskills #fish #communityproject #kaurnayerta #adelaide