Learn the ancient techniques used to shape flint, and create your very own hafted tool with flint, wood, twine, and pitch. Running every morning.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 27th & 30th.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop.Running on the 15th, 22nd, & 30th.
Discover a craft that has never been replicated by a machine! Learn the traditional and sustainable craft of basket weaving on this relaxed day course, and turn natural hedgerow materials into your own basket.
Get hands on with one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and experience ancient metalworking with our experimental archaeologist! Learn to smelt copper, create alloys, and cast bronze using 8,000-year-old tools and techniques — or what we think they might have been…
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 7th, 14th, 20th, 22nd, 26th, & 28th.
Learn how to make cordage, a prehistoric form of string, in this ancient crafts workshop. Work with a variety of foraged, wild-growing plants and start work on a coil basket! Running both days this weekend.
Explore the ancient art of amulet making, inspired by intricate Anglo Saxon pendants and brooches. Led by artist and maker Lydia Asscher, learn techniques originally developed in the Bronze Age.
Immerse yourself in nature and discover our ancestors’ most versatile little plant, used in clothing, cooking, and healing. It’s not just a weed! Forage for wild nettles and learn to spin their fibres into thread. Running each day this weekend.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 17th, 19th, 24th, & 26th.
Discover one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and see expert knappers from the Lithics Studies Society turn raw flint into a range of beautiful tools and objects!
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples. Running each day this weekend.
Explore the artistry of spoon carving, and discover the timeless craft of carving, shaping, and refining wooden spoons. Connect with tradition and create a functional and personalised piece of art.
Get hands on with one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and experience ancient metalworking with our experimental archaeologist! Learn to smelt copper, create alloys, and cast bronze using 8,000-year-old tools and techniques — or what we think they might have been…
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 1st, 7th, & 15th.
Learn how to make cordage, a prehistoric form of string, in this ancient crafts workshop. Work with a variety of foraged, wild-growing plants and start work on a coil basket! Running both days this weekend.
Discover a craft that has never been replicated by a machine! Learn the traditional and sustainable craft of basket weaving on this relaxed day course, and turn natural hedgerow materials into your own basket.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 12th, 26th, & 28th.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 1st, 3rd, & 30th.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 7th & 15th.
Discover one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and see expert knappers from the Lithics Studies Society turn raw flint into a range of beautiful tools and objects!
Explore the artistry of spoon carving, and discover the timeless craft of carving, shaping, and refining wooden spoons. Connect with tradition and create a functional and personalised piece of art.
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples. Running each day this weekend.
Get hands on with one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and experience ancient metalworking with our experimental archaeologist! Learn to smelt copper, create alloys, and cast bronze using 8,000-year-old tools and techniques — or what we think they might have been…
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running weekends, Mondays, and Fridays in the Easter holidays.
Make a sword for Mother’s Day! Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop.
Create your own wooden work of art! Learn the fundamentals of woodcarving using traditional tools and techniques in this relaxed, beginners-focused day course, and see your design take shape in wood.
Make pottery in the style of prehistory! Discover the history of this truly ancient craft, and learn the techniques used by prehistoric potters to make your own clay pot.
Discover a prehistoric form of knitting, and learn the Oslo nalbinding stitch used by the Vikings to create sturdy, warm clothes from mittens to socks!
Learn an ancient way to weave gorgeous designs, and craft your own Viking belt!
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples.
Discover blacksmithing through the ages! Join us for a weekend of metalworking in action, and explore this craft from its invention right up to the modern era as Butser Ancient Farm is taken over by over 50 blacksmiths!
Learn to work with silver and craft a stunning annular brooch — the style worn by Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and beyond. Discover the ancient art of jewellery making, and create your own design!
Work with sterling silver to create the crown jewel of ancient treasure hoards — the Celtic torc! Learn a full range of silversmithing techniques from one of the UK’s leading historical metalworkers and craft your own silver wrist torc.
Craft a pair of stunning Celtic rings based on real finds from archaeology! Learn the fundamentals of jewellery-making and silversmithing on this day course led by one of the UK’s leading historical metalworkers.
Make pottery in the style of prehistory! Discover the history of this truly ancient craft, and learn the techniques used by prehistoric potters to make your own clay pot.
Discover ancient art — prehistoric cave paintings, Iron Age shield decorations, Roman frescoes — and follow in our ancestors’ footsteps to craft pigments, paint, and even paintbrushes from nature!
Create your own wooden work of art! Learn the fundamentals of woodcarving using traditional tools and techniques in this relaxed, beginners-focused day course, and see your design take shape in wood.
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