Conner Prairie Museum is offering gunbuilding classes again. 5 day classes including blacksmithing with Nathan Allen, Knife or tomahawk with Hershel House & Melvyn Lytton, depending on your skill), kit assembly (with Jim Chambers & John Weston), relief carving (Bob Harn), Engraving (John Schipper).
2 1/2 day classes (concurrent with 5 day) include:
Powder Horn or Pottery (these are concurrent and are Mon-Wed)Bag making or Quill. Bag is taught by Ken Scott and Quill by Lally House. Both are Wed pm - Friday.
There's also weekend classes which includes:
Hearth cooking, tinsmithing, lock assembly (Jim Chambers), bow making, flax & wool, historic clothing (make your own hunting shirt or what not), silver wire inlay (Bob Harn), portmanteau, etc.
Go to their website, find adult classes, then click on Oct and you'll find the Arms Making Workshop. Or you can call Bonnie Shea @ 317 776-6000 x 241 for more info.
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BTW, I've no financial interest (they're 501(c)3 anyhow) but I am a member - from the Land o' Rice a Roni so I'm far far away 'n a going enyhowe.
2 1/2 day classes (concurrent with 5 day) include:
Powder Horn or Pottery (these are concurrent and are Mon-Wed)Bag making or Quill. Bag is taught by Ken Scott and Quill by Lally House. Both are Wed pm - Friday.
There's also weekend classes which includes:
Hearth cooking, tinsmithing, lock assembly (Jim Chambers), bow making, flax & wool, historic clothing (make your own hunting shirt or what not), silver wire inlay (Bob Harn), portmanteau, etc.
Go to their website, find adult classes, then click on Oct and you'll find the Arms Making Workshop. Or you can call Bonnie Shea @ 317 776-6000 x 241 for more info.
:front:
BTW, I've no financial interest (they're 501(c)3 anyhow) but I am a member - from the Land o' Rice a Roni so I'm far far away 'n a going enyhowe.
