Description: The Primitive skills club is a family based, internally motivated group of people who love to work on earth skills with others. This club is not a class, although there is a curriculum which guides the participants. It is a facilitated learning environment without formal instruction- just helpful folks who have done it before. If you would like to practice your skills, work on projects, and try out some new ones- drop in for a visit and enjoy the world of skills.
Purpose: To connect participants to the earth and to enhance the Tribal Edge core curriculum training by providing a community resource of consistent, quality ?dirt time? opportunities, in a variety of primitive living skills throughout the year.
To Sign up:
1. Drop in for a visit and check it out. Please sign in.
2. If you are interested in this training club, you will need to first take the Survival class* to get an introduction to the fundamental skills of survival and living with the earth. This class also gives you a foundation in the Tribal Edge training methods so that you can get the most out of your Primitive Skills club experience.
3. If you have met the basic requirements, you may begin at any time.
*The Survival class is a daylong experiential workshop which takes place monthly around the year at the Tribal Edge. The primitive skills club is available to Survival class graduates and participants of the Edge-u-cation home school program. (You are allowed three visits max before you sign up for the Survival Class.)
You can fill out an application for the Survival class online with our registration page, or ask for one when you visit the Primitive Skills Club. For more information, schedules and other training, go to contact us at call: 360-6837641. Or at: mail@tribaledge.info
Logistical Information
All ages: Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult 16 or older for assistance and safety. This club is for skill development not for babysitting- Parents are encouraged to participate.
Schedule: Thursday evenings from 4:00- 7:00 October to April. 5:00 till dark April to October at the Land in Blyn. (Time and location changes with the time change.)
Location: October through April at the Tribal Edge Gym- 385 W. Silberhorn Rd Sequim Wa. 98382. April through October at ?the Land? at the end of Corriea rd. in Blyn.
Cost: Currently by donation. Suggested value $10 per visit. Cost may change at any time.
Equipment:
Please bring a good small utility knife, a water bottle, your own food or a potluck dish/ snack to share.
Tools: rasp, sandpaper, small saw artificial sinew or pull cord; also, raw materials for current projects. (You will be told what to bring for the next meeting.)
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What to expect:
Follow the way of nature through the cycle of the seasons as you develop the skills of living with the earth. Enjoy the feeling of stepping into another time where the earth provides for all of our needs. A fun family atmosphere of learning and sharing, our skills club is an opportunity to build connections with others, while working on primitive skills and projects such as:
-Survival strategies and long term primitive living
-Primitive emergency shelters and long term shelters
-Water storage, purification, and boiling
-Friction fire, flint and steel, fire building, maintaining, safety and uses
-Plant identification, harvesting, utilities, food, and medicines
-Primitive cooking with fire, steam pits, rock boiling, mud ovens and more
-Wood, bone and stone toolmaking
-Hunting and fishing tools, weapons, and traps
-Cordage, rope and knot work
-Hide tanning and animal processing
-Making containers with earth, plant, and animal materials
-Fiber Arts, clothing, blacksmithing and so much more!
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