Explore heritage skills and go home with the items you create!

Learn REAL hands-on skills - in just one weekend!

Try your blacksmithing, carpentry, and wood carving in our beautiful woodland village.

Join instructor Tim “Mac” MacWelch as we explore these traditional living skills and the history behind them – while immersed in a medieval/fantasy village setting. From our humble little woodland encampment, you will make (and take home):

• One “warm up” blacksmithing project (your choice of a cooking hook or wall hook)

• One steel knife and steel spoon

• One set of steel hinges and a few nails for your wooden chest

• One small wooden chest with lid

• One hand-carved wooden bowl

• One wooden seat/footstool

Logistics:

1. All tools and materials for the crafts and projects are provided by us.

2. No “street” clothes during the event. Please bring your own medieval peasant or fantasy character garb so that we can all feel immersed in another world. If you do not have clothing like this, Fell & Fair is our absolute favorite provider. If you can only afford this event (not the event and a new set of clothing), we do have a very limited closet of medieval loaner clothing and accessories. Please contact us about sizes and availability. Don’t let the lack of a clothing “kit” stop you from joining us.

3. This event will start at 9 am on Saturday, December 13 and run through 4 pm on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

For those traveling a long way for this event, contact us about the option to arrive Friday afternoon and camp on Friday night (to be ready for the early start on Saturday).

4. Camping on-site is encouraged (but not required if you live nearby or would prefer a hotel). If camping, please bring your own camping gear. A recommended gear list will be sent to you upon enrollment. We’ll have separate areas for period correct tents and modern tents. We also have a limited number of modern tents that we can loan.

5. Saturday night dinner included (one of Mac’s famous soups or stews, with bread and accompaniments). Please let us know if you have dietary restrictions, if you are joining us for the Saturday night meal. Everyone will need to provide their own lunch for Saturday, as well as their own breakfast and lunch for Sunday.

6. Saturday night will include some games and campfire time. If you are going home on Saturday night, please plan to stay until 9 pm if you care to join us. Officially speaking, this is a “dry” event (for liability reasons).