Shelter Building
I can teach you how to make ropes and cord from materials you’ll find in the bush, and then the weaving techniques to build a tepee structure, and smokehouse for preserving food.
I can show you how to make fishing line, set certain traps, as well as make camouflage. Let’s all try to get plastic out of our lives by learning how to use these natural, biodegradable materials instead!
These are skills which are vital in survival situations, and are also fun to practice and play with to make cubby houses and more. And most importantly, they’re reconnecting us to the ancient arts of our ancestors. Working with natural materials helps to rebuild our reciprocal, healing relationship with the earth that sustains us all.
I can show you how to make lean-toos, teepees, debris shelters, and how to get comfy in holes and overhangs in the natural environment. I can also teach you string-making for binding, and how to repel water from your shelters.
Shelter building is one of the most important of all survival skills and a well-made shelter can keep you safe, dry, and warm in almost any weather. It’s also a fun way to play in nature - create cubby houses and hideyholes out in the bush or in your own backyard.
Creating a structure from natural materials is a sacred act of transforming nature’s gifts. It’s a skill that everyone’s ancestors had mastered. We can reconnect this lineage today by learning these ancient arts.