Tag: Primitive Skills

Rewild Skillshare 4.28.13

Last month we hung out with the Forest Hills Black Powder Brigade to have some fun shooting old-time black powder trade guns, shotguns, rifles, and handguns. There were also archery, knife-throwing, and hatchet-throwing stations as well as bear-stew. Needless to say, there were way too many distractions that kept me from taking many pictures. Nevertheless, here’re …

Animal Tracking With Connor O’Malley

This last weekend we went out tracking, our third session out of seven. Connor guided us around the sandbar on the Sandy River. It was an icy morning and the ground was frozen, leaving many tracks more permanent than they would be during the hot, dry summer months. We tracked many brush rabbits, many beavers, …

January Rewild Skillshare: Knife-Sharpening

Hello Portland Rewilders! We would love to invite you to Rewild Portland’s “Rewild Skillshare”, our afternoon social networking event where people make new friends and hang out with friends and family while sharing skills, ideas and strategies for creating new cultures based on humanities ancestral heritage. We welcome all levels of experience. What: This month’s …

Rewild Skillshare 12.28.11

Today was the last Rewild Camp of 2011. Many folks came out in spite of the rain and wind. We worked on making cordage from the nettle fiber that we processed at the November Rewild Camp. Sev worked on tanning his skunk hide with coffee grounds, Eric read some stories in Chinuk Wawa, Caleb made …

Rewild Skillshare 6.18.11

I’ve been feeling a little bit under the weather these past few days, so I was unsure if I’d make it to Rewild Camp today. But I’m glad I did, because a lot of our good friends -as well a few new ones- showed up. People worked on bow drill fires, basket weaving, trap making, …

Rewild Skillshare 6.11.11

I was a little nervous about Rewild Camp today because none of the Rewild Portland team could make it except for myself! Luckily I had the lovely Sarah Hill join me out there at the archery range and with her help we made it a success! There were about seven new people who showed up …

Rewild Skillshare 6.4.11

This morning me and the Rewild Portland staff went out and pulled ivy for basket-making at Rewild Camp. It was great to see so many faces discovering the art of basketry. We also played music and ate great food. Thanks all for coming and having a good time!

Rewild Skillshare 5.28.11

Rewild Camp today was at the Archery Range. When the weather report said rain, rain, rain, we feared the worst. We were pleasantly surprised by a beautiful and sunny afternoon! The knappin’ pit was hoppin’ per usual. Tony worked on a net bag, Kelila lead a bunch of Chinuk Wawa games, we all shot some …