The forestry guild is participating in the first LEAFS (Learning Equestrian, Agriculture, and Forestry Symposium) by teaching classes, leading activities, and putting together a guild display.
For more information on display components, please see the list below!
Crafting with foraged materials
- Harvesting wild clay and pit-fired statuettes and Making a Birka-inspired oil lamp
- Tulip poplar bast cordage
- Dyeing with lichen (Usnea) and walnut hulls
Fire making
- Videos and photos of fire making with flint and steel
- Jute fiber fire-starting fobs by Křišťan Věstonice and Finn Lachlannach Ui’Domnaill
- Research on period fire making
Items inspired by Chaucer’s Yeoman Forester
- An interpretation of a 14th/15th century English archer’s bracer
- A pewter pilgrim’s badge depicting Saint Cristopher
- A “hood of grene” inspired by the Bocksten Man’s hood