Primitive Skills: Weaving & Trap Making

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” el_class=”innerpage-rowgraphic”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] Shape Roots, Bark & Branch the Stone Age Way [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”inner-pagetitle”] Step into the world of our ancestors and discover the ancient skills of weaving, fibre preparation, and crafting functional traps from natural materials. This hands-on one-day course explores some of the earliest technologies developed by hunter-gatherer cultures, skills that allowed people to gather food, carry resources, store goods, and live in harmony with the natural world. Set within the historically rich landscape of Park In The Past, this course introduces you to the techniques used to create fish and crab traps suitable for both inland and coastal environments. Guided by primitive skills instructor Billy Souter, you’ll explore traditional basketry methods, experiment with natural fibres, and craft your own woven creation using skills as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago. Ideal for both beginners and returning bushcraft practitioners, this course offers an opportunity to reconnect with the landscape through slow, mindful craft. You’ll develop confidence in using simple tools, working with plant roots and bark, and understanding how material selection shapes the form and function of traditional woven traps and containers. Billy shares his thoughts on this enduring craft: “Weaving is one of the oldest and most universal skills.