Viking Age

Celtic Carving with Tommy Kelly

Date
Organised by
Irish National Heritage Park (INHP) (IE)
Country
Ireland

Using sharp wood chisels and a timber mallet from your own tool cabinet, you will learn various techniques while creating a two-dimensional Celtic piece in lime wood. This one-day course is perfect for complete beginners. Wood carving is a skill which requires practice and lots of people choose to repeat the day as there are many different carving options.

€95 per participant

Nidavellnir at Jorvik Viking Festival 2020

Jorvik Viking Festival 2020
Date
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Organised by
York Archeological Trust
Jorvik Viking Centre
Country
United Kingdom

Recognised as the largest event of its kind in Europe; visit York in February 2020 for an exciting programme of events, including living history encampments, markets, workshops, talks, tours and dramatic combat performances.  Whether you’re well-versed in the sagas or looking for a thrilling half-term break, there’s something for everyone at JORVIK Viking Festival.

Rõuge Ancient Farm Project (EE)

Member of EXARC
No

The Rõuge ancient farm project (Rõuge Muinastalu) was initiated in 2010 by Viire Kobrusepp and managed by her until 2016. In her Master’s thesis, Viire concentrated her research on an archaeological Iron Age building experiment that saw the construction of a Viking era dwelling house using ancient building techniques.

This was followed by a living experiment. Other buildings followed the construction of the dwelling: a granary, a smithy, a summer kitchen and a barn. When building the reconstructions, archaeological examples were used for the building layouts and ethnographical sources for the different roof designs. The hillfort and settlement site of Rõuge, located only 100 m away from the site, serves as a major source of information as it has been thoroughly excavated.

Viking Jewellery Mould Making. Experimental and Reconstructive Aspects

Author(s)
Anders Söderberg 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/4
Craftsmanship relies upon the silent knowledge of the skilled experience of the creative workings of the hands, a knowledge that is difficult to convert to written characters without creating a blur of words that make very little sense. Theoretical reasoning lacks the dialogue with, and the resistance from, the raw material. Making up a picture of how wax, clay and metal would behave without practical experience of them is...