Something Different
Get hands-on with a wide range of rare and unique learning experiences steeped in traditional crafts and facilitated by experts. Immerse yourself in exciting and rewarding experiences you won't find anywhere else.
On this two-and-a-half day course you’ll make a large brisket carving knife, cooking fire pit, and an asado BBQ. Best of all you’ll learn how to use them.
No BBQ or metalwork experience necessary; this course is suitable for anyone age 16 and up.
thing /θɪŋ/ noun
(Old Norse) ▶ An assembly or meeting of the free men and women of a country, province or a clan. At the thing, disputes were solved and political decisions were made. The place for the thing was also the place for rites and for commerce.
(Tharwa Valley Forge) ▶ At three-day Viking making event. Forge your own Viking helmet, axe and shield.
Over two and a half days you will be guided by artist and educator Antonia Aitken through a place-based making approach. You will be invited to explore and interpret the site through walking, observational and gestural drawing and woodcut printmaking techniques.