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2021
​Michigan Folk School Schedule
Within the next month we will add even more classes to the 2021 line-up.  Included in the next few batches are Fiber Dying, Intermediate Blacksmithing, Broom Plaiting, Crafting a Leather Bag, Leather Pet Collars and Leashes,  Leather Suspenders and Belt, Multi-Disciplinary Knife-Making, Building a Teardrop Trailer, Fruit Tree Grafting, Cheese Making, TImberframing a Slovenian Buzz House, Outdoor Survival, and lots of Organic Gardening classes.

Classes and Workshops added within the past 30 days
​​ -3/20 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Buds, Bark & Branches (2pm-5pm)
-​3/20 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Buds, Bark & Branches (10am-1pm)
- ​​​5/29 & 5/30 Leather Craft 101 

• - ​6/12 Shou Sugi Ban Workshop

-​8/28 & 8/29 Fundamentals of the Shave Horse/Spoon Mule
-​10/1, 10/2 & 10/3 Forging a High-End Chef’s Knife 
-​10/2 & 10/3 Sloyd Spoon Carving Weekend
-​​10/22, 10/23 & 10/24 Forging a High-End Chef’s Knife 
-12/11 & 12/12 Greenwood Carving on a Shave Horse/Spoon Mule

​February, 2021​ 

• 2/227 & 2/28 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 2/27 Soap Making 101 
• 2/27 Soap Making Workshop: Color, Texture & Swirls

​March, 2021​ 

• 3/6 Blacksmithing 101
• 3/6 Broom Making Workshop
• 3/7 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 3/7 Intermediate Broom Making: Beyond the Basics
• 3/13 & 3/14 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 3/20 Blacksmithing 101
• 3/20 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Buds, Bark & Branches (10am-1pm)
• 3/20 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Buds, Bark & Branches (2pm-5pm)
• ​3/20 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Buds, Bark & Branches (10am-1pm)
• 3/20 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Buds, Bark & Branches (2pm-5pm)
• 3/21 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 3/21 Spoon Carving One-Day Workshop
• 3/27 3/28 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing

​April, 2021​ 

• 4/3 Blacksmithing 101
• 4/10 & 4/11 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 4/10 & 4/11 Sloyd Spoon Carving Weekend
• 4/13 Backyard Edible Mushrooms
• 4/15 & 4/16 Introduction to Millinery: Making a Hat
• 4/17 Millinery: Beginner Straw Hat Blocking
• 4/17 Blacksmithing 101
• 4/17 Making Healing Creams, Salves, and Lip Balm
• 4/18 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 4/24 & 4/25 Crafting Blacksmithing Tools: Tongs

​May, 2021​ 

• ​5/1 Blacksmithing 101
• 5/2 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 5/6 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Vernal Virtues (2pm-5pm)
• 5/6 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Vernal Virtues (6pm-9pm)
• 5/8 & 5/9 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing​
• 5/8 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Vernal Virtues (9am-12pm)
• 5/8 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Vernal Virtues (1pm-4pm)
• 5/15 Blacksmithing 101
• 5/15 5/16 Creating your own Macrame Hammock
• 5/16 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 5/22 Sandal Making Workshop
• 5/22 & 5/23 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• ​5/29 & 5/30 Leather Craft 101
• 5/29 Blacksmithing 101
• 5/30 Blacksmithing For Kids​

​June, 2021​ 

• ​6/5 Blacksmithing 101
• 6/6 Blacksmithing For Kids
• ​6/12 Shou Sugi Ban Workshop
• ​6/12 & 6/13 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 6/19 Blacksmithing 101
• 6/20 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 6/26 Stained Glass 101​
• 6/27 Stained Glass NightLight Workshop

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​July, 2021​ 

• 7/8 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Midsummer Medicines
• 7/10 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Midsummer Medicines
• 7/10 Blacksmithing 101
• 7/11 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 7/17 & 7/18 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 7/17 & 7/18 Crafting Oval Shaker Box
• 7/24 & 7/25 Creating A Traditional Bow
• 7/24 Blacksmithing 101
• 7/25 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 7/27 & 7/29 Leather Archery Accessories
• 7/31 & 8/1 Becoming A Fletcher: Arrow Making
• 7/31 & 8/1 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing

​August, 2021​ 

• 8/7 Blacksmithing 101
• 8/7 Making Healing Creams, Salves, and Lip Balm
• 8/8 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 8/8 Soap Making 101
• 8/8 Soap Making Workshop: Color, Textures, and Swirls
• 8/10 Herbal First Aid Kits
• 8/12 Herbs for Coughs, Colds and Flu
• 8/14 Preserving the Harvest: Lacto-Fermentation
• 8/14 & 8/15 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• ​8/15 Earth Oven Workshop
• 8/21 8/22 The Art of Chairmaking
• 8/21 Blacksmithing 101
• 8/22 Blacksmithing For Kids
• ​8/28 & 8/29 Greenwood Carving on a Shave Horse/Spoon Mule 

​September, 2021​ 

• 9/4 Blacksmithing 101
• 9/5 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 9/11 & 9/12 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 9/11 Broom Making Workshop
• 9/12 Intermediate Broom Making: Beyond The Basics
• 9/16 Wildcrafting w/Jim: Wild Roots and Fall Foliage
• 9/18 Wildcrafting Medicine Workshop: Wild Roots and Fall Foliage
• 9/18 Blacksmithing 101
• 9/19 Preserving the Harvest: Lacto-Fermentation
• 9/19 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 9/26 & 9/26 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing

​October, 2021​ 

• 10/1, 10/2 & 10/3 Forging a High-End Chef’s Knife 
• 10/2 Blacksmithing 101
• 10/2 & 10/3 Sloyd Spoon Carving Weekend
• 10/3 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 10/6 Backyard Edible Mushroom
• 10/9 & 10/10 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 10/9 & 10/10 Creating A Traditional Bow
• 10/12 10/14 Leather Bow Accessories
• 10/16 10/17 Becoming A Fletcher: Arrow Making
• 10/16 Blacksmithing 101
• 10/17 Blacksmithing For Kids​
• 10/22, 10/23 & 10/24 Forging a High-End Chef’s Knife 

​November, 2021​ 

• 11/6 Blacksmithing 101
• 11/6 Stained Glass Nightlight Workshop
• 11/7 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 11/12 & 11/13 Introduction To Millinery: Making A Hat
• 11/13 & 11/14 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 11/14 Intermediate Millinery: Blocking, Finishing, and Trimming
• 11/20 Blacksmithing 101
• 11/21 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 11/27 & 11/28 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing

​December, 2021​ 

• 12/4 Blacksmithing 101
• 12/4 Soap 101
• 12/14 Soap Making Workshop: Color, Texture, and Swirls
• 12/5 Blacksmithing For Kids
• 12/11 & 12/12 Hand Forged Knives: Intro To Bladesmithing
• 12/11 & 12/12 Greenwood Carving on a Shave Horse/Spoon Mule
• 12/18 Pine Needle Basket​

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