Instructors
These instructors come from across the country and bring a lifetime of experience in the subjects that they teach. We are proud to bring them to the Piedmont to share their expertise.
See our class page for a list of potential classes.
Our 2018 Instructors:
- Nancy Basket – Traditional basketry,
- Alex Howe- salve making
- Anna Alexandre – Natural Dying, plant walks, herbal medicine
- Lily Harlin and Nicolas Wentworth: Woodworking,spoon carving
- Bob Orcutt
- Hawk Hurst- Rivercane Flute making
- Colleen Hewlett
- Denton Bragg
- Doug Elliot: Wildwoods wisdom and storytelling
- Doug Myer
- Fuz Sanderson
- Grant Atkinson
- Luke Mclaughlin
- Gray Taylor
- Harvey Harman
- James Parker
- Rebecca Parker
- Nicolas Parker
- Jason Drevenak: Fire for All – Friction Fire, Lacing Buckskin Bags
- Jeff Gottlieb: Traditional mocasin making, Cordage
- Joan Candalino
- Kieth Grenoble: Pottery via campfire fireing
- Leif Diamant: Wild walkabout with Doug Elliot, Nature Spirituality and Deep Ecology
- Sarah Haggerty
- Sarah Henry
- James Clinkscales
- Sharlene Sanderson- Cast Iron Cooking and Kombucha making
Past Instructors we’ve been proud host:
- Alex Kilgore – Friction Fire, sharpening
- Arthur Bernier: Wilderness First Aid and movement/Awareness for kids.
- Colbert Swamp Man – Tracking, survival thinking, improvisation
- Dean Smith: Portable Shaving Horse, Sharpening
- Godi Godar – African Bow making,
- Jeff Moore – Fire, Slate knives, Astronomy, Shelters, coal burn
- Joe Flowers: Sharpening, Machete use and care, Fish Traps, Rabbit Sticks
- Johnny Waken – Traditional Archery
- Luke Cannon: Trees – identification and uses, sensory and awareness games, bird language
- Marc Williams: Botany, edible and medicinal plants, mead making
- Miranda Hiedler – Fibers and Drop Spindal weaving
- Natalie Bogwalker: Buckskin hide tanning
- Sam Moore – Paiute deadfalls, paracord slings
- Talia: buckskin symposium, buckskin sewing
- Todd Warner: Beekeeping 101
Staff
Colleen Casey and Karen McAll: Registration Coordinators and Goddesses of logistics
Paul Wentworth: Instructor Coordinator and Sanity Savior
Shauna Perry: Designer of posters, flyers and conceptual reality
Bryan Reddish: Website and Wisdom Deity
Tod Kershaw: Site Manager and Laughter support.
Kaleb Wallace and Rich Wells: Kitchen Magicians with Egyptian precision.
Angi Parrish: Work Trade Coordinator
Lori Langdon- Online Media Admin and event promoter
Fuz Sanderson: Event Lead Coordinator and Somethin somethin
Hannah Eck: Abundance NC Interface person and herder of cats.