🔥 The Magic of Friction Fire
Jeff Gottlieb will be teaching us the magic of friction fire - how to start a fire with only plant materials.
🌿 DIY Forest Fairy Costumes from foraged natural materials
He’ll also be teaching us how to create our fairy costumes, starting with how to make durable cordage from dogbane and other plants, and how to make body paint from rocks and minerals.
Instructor Bio
Jeff has been a Naturalist, Outdoor Educator and Primitive Skills Instructor for more than 40 years and a permaculturist/homesteader for 13. He has loved art and making things since childhood. His areas of special interest include fiber arts, flintknapping, basketry, edible and utilitarian plants, and nature awareness. When outdoors, he seeks communion with all life, through observing wildlife, growing foods, medicines and craft materials on his homestead and caring for wild spaces. He finds magic, mystery and beauty in natural places, however small or large. He has written three books on primitive skills. Books are available directly from him.
He welcomes correspondence and can be reached via email at argskids@optonline.net, or check out his website at: www.theprimitivenaturalist.com
