Workshops

Hugh Livingstone & Kayode Olafimihan

Hugh and Kayode plan to be involved with a series of primitive technology workshops, and they are seen here progressing well on their first serious encounter with flint.

Kayode Olafimihan & Susannah Hall

Kayode returned, this time accompanied by Susannah, and they both made good progress with handaxes, blade production and pressure flaking.

Kayode Olafimihan

Kayode examines his very first spearhead.

Hugh Livingstone & Kayode Olafimihan

Hugh and Kayode accompanied by James Showers and Pamela Woods, returned for a 'four to one' flintknapping workshop. Hugh is seen here displaying a fine spear-head, and you can see from the inset that Kayode's thoughtfulness proved worthwhile.

Kayode Olafimiham, Hugh Livingstone & Susannah Hall

Above: Kayode and Hugh are busy; Kayode is doing extremely well with his blade core, see inset, while Hugh is drilling with a hafted flint point.

Below: Susannah & Kayode with blade tools firmly fixed into hazel handles.

Susannah will tell you that to prepare and cure two red deer skins in two days is hard work: But she did it!

Susannah Hall

Below - Susannah is using the mouth-chuck drill that she has made to drill precision holes in red deer bone.

Red deer bone needles produced during Susannah's workshop.

An hazel framework is complete at the end of day one of Susannah's 3 day curach making workshop.

Susannah is enjoying the preparation of a large ox skin for the curach hull.

The curach is almost ready to launch.

Even closer now!

Ollie is taking Susannah for a ride!.

Hugh and Kayode take to the water.

Hugh Livingstone (above) & Kayode Olafimihan (below).

Hugh and Kayode are pictured here successfully using the primitive equipment that they learned to produce for themselves.

Hugh Livingstone & Kayode Olafimihan.

Hugh and Kayode are pictured here working at their new premises under the watchfull eyes of their cat.

Kayode Olafimihan.

Kayode's latest progress with blade technology!

Kayode Olafimihan.

Kayode working on an adze!