While most people sought relief from mid-afternoon temperatures in the 90s, Scott Jones used his time to create a small fire in his hands. Jones, a pre-historian and primitive skills teacher from ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A dozen adults and kids learned the skill of building a fire. Tiny strands of jute cord were used as fuel, the surrounding air provided the oxygen, and spark generated from flint ...

Information: Call 303-823-0875 or go to wildearthschildren.org. With trepidation, the group of 11 elementary- and middle-school kids huddles around Simon Harrison’s closed hand. “Use your deer ears,” ...

THURMONT -- Guy Neal unrolled the tanned animal hide. Inside was a chaotic-looking clump of plant fibers he had harvested and cleaned from stinging nettle and dogbane plants. Taking a few stems of ...

Eddie Starnater, left, and Julie Martin are the co-owners of Practical Primitive LLC in Liberty Township. They teach classes on primitive and survival skills, including fire and shelter-building, ...

Doug Hill would not be opposed to living completely off the grid. He could sport his homemade buckskin shorts every day, drink untreated water from streams, pluck his lunch from blueberry patches. He ...

A Primitive Skills Knapp-in Craft Sale and Show will take place over three days next weekend at the Comer Fairgrounds in Madison County. The event, a family affair where people teach bygone skills, is ...

Experience the incredible journey of building a two-story hut and swimming pool by hand, deep in the wilderness. Watch as two men use primitive technology and traditional skills to gather natural ...