Learn broom making with Foxfire's resident broom artist, Carole Morse. This two-day course covers the essentials of broom making, including discussions on the materials, processes, and art of crafting different broom varieties. Students participating in the class will complete and take home a cobweb broom and hearth broom. The class runs two days, from 9:30 […]
Learn the essentials of flint knapping from Foxfire contact Jim Enloe. Classes include basic instruction on how to shape flint and other stones into useful tools such as knives, axe heads, spear heads, and arrow heads using techniques developed over thousands of years around the globe. Students will take home a complete flint knapping kit […]
For children of ALL ages, we invite you to come and explore toys and games of yesteryear and today with our favorite local toy store at the Foxfire Museum. Come and play with old fashioned toys and the newest in toy technology and see the evolution of play over the past 200 years! This promises […]
Treat your kids to an unforgettable summer experience! Wildcraft Kitchen is a fun and unique five-day camp for ages 7-13 located in the beautiful mountains of Northeast Georgia. Students will learn a variety of heritage skills related to food, cooking, nature, foraging, and herbalism. Activities include heirloom gardening, Appalachian woodstove and open-hearth cookery, traditional food […]
Taught by Foxfire contact and demonstrator Kermit Rood, this two-day class introduces the student to the fundamentals of chair bottoming, with a focus on splint-style weaving. Originally, splint was thin strips of white oak, hickory, or ash. The wood strips have been replaced with the more economical and easier to work with flat reed. It […]
Organized by herbalist Patricia Howell, director of BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies and led by various well respected herbalists in the region, our nature walks will explore the diversity of herbs and medicines native to the Southern Appalachian region, known as the “apothecary of the nation." Hidden in plain sight throughout the Foxfire center are […]
A Celebration of Southern Appalachian Culture. Join us for a full day of interpretive demonstrations of weaving, blacksmithing, basketry, open hearth cooking, broom making, bark berry baskets, corn shuck dolls, early engines, and much more.
Come join Miss Jenny and her family as you spend an honest day making old-fashioned Lye soap. Old-fashion in a sense that you can pronounce the ingredients and understand the process. We will make the one and only “Lye soap”, a product that has stood the test of time. Lye soap does not need scent […]
This 6-hour class taught by Foxfire's resident weaver, Sharon Grist, will include instruction on different fibers and their characteristics and practical applications of carding, drafting, and spindle and wheel spinning. Students will spin wool and learn several ways to handle fiber to produce varying yarn structures. Class fee includes instruction, use of studio equipment, raw […]