Early Middle Ages

Winter Count 2023

Wintercount 2023
Date
-
Organised by
Winter Count
Country
USA

Winter Count, (started 1995), is part of a family of gatherings that strive to reconnect people with old ways of making fire, tanning hides, forming metal, weaving baskets, hunting, gathering and much more. We teach ancestral skills that were essential to the survival and well being of all cultures, no matter what continent your ancestors came from.

Making the Book of Kells

Author(s)
Thomas Keyes 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2022/4
This article gives a brief history of the context of the Book of Kells before summarising recent research into its material makeup. It then goes on to introduce a possible site of production that has been excavated in the Scottish Highlands, before introducing a project to recreate a folio from the manuscript as an experimental archaeology project.

Bread and Fire: Family Afternoon

Bread and Fire: Family Afternoon
Date
Organised by
Keltendorf Mitterkirchen (AT)
Country
Austria

Bread has been one of the most important foods in Machland since ancient times. Reason enough to take a look at how bread was baked in the past in our “Bread Baking” workshop during the Family Afternoon.

Another main focus on this day is fire. Here fire is made with flint, like thousands of years ago. A fiery affair not to be missed.

Introduction to Enamelling

Introduction to Enamelling
Date
Organised by
Amgueddfa Cymru – St Fagans National History Museum (UK)
Country
United Kingdom

An introduction to the traditional craft of enamelling – but with a playful, contemporary edge. Local artist Sophie Buckingham will help you explore mark-making techniques using stencils, scraffito and embellishments. You will experiment with pattern and colour through the medium of kiln fired vitreous enamel on copper.