Flintknapping Workshop
A two million year-old habit is hard to break! Scientists estimate this is how long ago the first pieces of stone were crafted into tools. Many people are familiar with stone artifacts such as arrowheads created by traditional cultures in North America and around the world. The Primitive Arts is proud to offer a flintknapping workshop in which students will learn how to create stone projectile points.
The Flintknapping Workshop consists of four hours of instruction total. Each student will be given a large piece of stone and, using a smooth cobble as a hammerstone, shown how to remove a “flake”, or small piece. Next, they will be given a pressure flaker tool and instructed how to thin and shape their flakes into a finished arrowhead. Each student will have the opportunity to create several projectile points, and they will take home their finished pieces and the pressure flaker, as well as several additional flakes to complete on their own. Safety equipment such as gloves and eye protection will be provided. This class is suitable for ages thirteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior knowledge of or experience with flintknapping is necessary. $50 plus $20 materials fee/student.
One unique advantage of this workshop is what can be informally described as, "Have stone, will travel." Like all of The Primitive Arts workshops, it is completely mobile, and all of the materials necessary for it can be brought to your location; you need merely to provide the space and 4-5 tables.
The Primitive Arts is committed to customizing this workshop to your own goals. Its length, number of students, ages of students and virtually every other aspect of instruction can be modified.
A two million year-old habit is hard to break! Scientists estimate this is how long ago the first pieces of stone were crafted into tools. Many people are familiar with stone artifacts such as arrowheads created by traditional cultures in North America and around the world. The Primitive Arts is proud to offer a flintknapping workshop in which students will learn how to create stone projectile points.
The Flintknapping Workshop consists of four hours of instruction total. Each student will be given a large piece of stone and, using a smooth cobble as a hammerstone, shown how to remove a “flake”, or small piece. Next, they will be given a pressure flaker tool and instructed how to thin and shape their flakes into a finished arrowhead. Each student will have the opportunity to create several projectile points, and they will take home their finished pieces and the pressure flaker, as well as several additional flakes to complete on their own. Safety equipment such as gloves and eye protection will be provided. This class is suitable for ages thirteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior knowledge of or experience with flintknapping is necessary. $50 plus $20 materials fee/student.
One unique advantage of this workshop is what can be informally described as, "Have stone, will travel." Like all of The Primitive Arts workshops, it is completely mobile, and all of the materials necessary for it can be brought to your location; you need merely to provide the space and 4-5 tables.
The Primitive Arts is committed to customizing this workshop to your own goals. Its length, number of students, ages of students and virtually every other aspect of instruction can be modified.
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Andrew Lee - 706.978.1203 - andrew@theprimitivearts.com