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CRAFTS & KITS

Madrone Berry Mala with Dogbane Fiber Tassle

Cardweaving Kits

Buckskin & Dew Claw Keyrings

Necklace Making Kit

Hand-drill Firemaking Kits
Elderberry Vials
Hide Glue
Acorn Necklaces

Madrone Berry Black Walnut Necklace

Mini-Drum Keyrings

Madrone Berry Garlands, Necklaces & Malas
Black Walnut Pendants & Buttons
Acorn Necklaces

Net Making Kits
Willow Animal Figures
Acorn & Pine Nut Necklaces

Friction Firemaking Kits
Card Weaving Kits


BOOKS

authored by Tamara Wilder

Ancient Skills Handbook
Sale Price: $8.00 Original Price: $10.00

by Tamara Wilder

Discusses introductory concepts plus directions for making soapstone beads, pine nut beads and options for twisting twine into cord.

Full color instructional booklet which is included in the Necklace-Making Packet and Ancient Skills Program Packet.

30 pages

4.25” x 5.5” x .125”

$10 ($8 on sale)

Knotted Net Water Bottle Bags
$10.00

Paleotechnics Handbook #6

2019

by Tamara Wilder

Detailed photo step-by-step guide to making a knotted net using a “sheet bend” netting knot.

Includes directions for using a “bowline” knot to create the initial loop and finishing techniques.

24 page photocopied stapled booklet
8.5” X 5.5” X 1”

$10 (black & white)

Using the Whole Animal
$10.00

Pig Slaughtering, Processing, Cooking & Eating

Paleotechnics Handbook #23
Fully Revised Edition 1/2020

by Tamara Wilder

Basic information, recipes and lots of other stuff you need to know to both slaughter a pig and also use (and eat) all the parts.

Packed with lots of little details that speak from experience.

44 page photocopied stapled booklet
8.5” X 5.5” X .125”


with chapters by Tamara Wilder

When Women Gather: A Decade with Spirit Weavers
$77.00

described in 332 pages of full color with 22 chapters
by the Spirit Weavers Community

Primitive Technology
$25.99

A Book of Earth Skills

from the Society of Primitive Technology
edited by David Wescott

Best of the first ten Bulletins of Primitive Technology arranged by topic to form a comprehensive overview of ancient living skills.

Since those issues are no longer in print, this book is the best way to get the information found there.

Includes:

  • Making a Reduced Antler Flaker
    by Steven Edholm

  • Cordage
    by Steven Edholm & Tamara WIlder

  • Removing the Hooves of Deer
    by Tamara Wilder

248 pages
8.5" x 11" x .5”

list price $25.99

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Primitive Technology 2
$27.99

Ancestral Skills

from the Society of Primitive Technology
edited by David Wescott

More of the best of the first ten issues of the Bulletin of Primitive Technology arranged by topic.

Important info.

Includes:

  • Working Hides with Stone, Bone & Antler Tools
    by Steven Edholm

  • Buckskin Babblings
    edited by Alice Tulloch

  • Hand Drill Firemaking
    by Steven Edholm

248 pages
8.5" x 11" x .75”

list price $27.99

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)


co-authored by Tamara Wilder & Steven Edholm

Nutty About Bay
$10.00

California Bay Laurel

by Tamara Wilder & Steven Edholm
(Paleotechnics Handbook #24, 2019)

Descriptions of this bountiful tree, instructions on how to harvest and process the nuts and recipes on how to transform the roasted nuts into delicious and stimulating treats.

Folded stapled 8 page booklet in Full Color

So You Have a Dead Animal
$10.00

A Basic Guide to Processing Animals and Preserving Parts for Later Use

Paleotechnics Handbook #8,
Revised Edition 2012

by Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder

Basic information on how to take a carcass to the point that the parts can be used and preserved. Packed with lots of little detail that speak from experience.

32 page photocopied stapled booklet
8.5” X 5.5” X .125”

Sharpening Tools
$10.00

A Guide to Selection and Maintenance of Steel Edges

Paleotechnics Handbook #7,
2007

by Steven Edholm
w/ Tamara Wilder

Good information on how to judge steel and tool quality and keep good edges on steel tools to maximize their usefulness.

34 page photocopied stapled booklet
8.5” X 5.5” X .125”

Sustainable Harvest
$6.00

Approaching Wildcrafting with Knowledge and Intent

Paleotechnics Handbook #1
2008

by Steven Edholm and Tamara Wilder

Practical information, philosophy and ethics related to gathering wild plants.

Folded stapled 20 page booklet