From timber-framed chicken coops through foraging for food and craft. As we practice living and working more in step with the natural world, we share our experiences and knowledge through writing, workshops, and presentations. Because D-I-Why Not?

We publish how-to guides, posts on our various maker experiments, with a special focus on the adventures and critters in our little patch of protected forest.

We paint with wild inks; make buckthorn-handled harvest baskets, woodburn ornaments from upcycled local cherry; needlefelt with local wool roving; grow, preserve and ferment food; learn about tracks, scat and wild critters; and there’s always something we’re building, fermenting, planting or planning.

For short articles about things we’re working on, see our blog. We also have longer form how-to articles and guides.

Previous workshops include:

• Bristle-Bots, making tiny robots out of toothbrush heads (Cultivate Festival)
• Buckthorn Bumble, making a needlefelted bumblebee with natural dyes (Artisan Collective Market)
• Intro to Robotics, co-hosted with Alan Majer of Good Robot
  
• Intro to Needlefelting, workshops on making holiday ornaments, sheep, and a bumblebee with buckthorn-dyed wool (various, including Yarns from the Mill)
• Painting With Plants, wild ink workshop (Lower Trent Conservation)
• Woodland Art and Inspiration, talk on making and using wild inks (Ontario Woodlot Association)

Previous festivals we’ve attended as a vendor include:

• Batawa Craft Fusion Sale & Showcase
• Cultivate Festival
• “Finding a Balance” Retreat for Women Educators
• Haute Goat Festivals
• IncrEdible Trent Hills
• Quinte Woodlot Association
• Magic Under the Stars
• Ontario Fermentation Festival
• Ontario Woodlot Association
• Seedy Saturday (host)
• Tweed Art in the Park
• Warkworth Spinners & Weaver’s Guild
• Warkworth Maple Festival
• Yarns from the Mill

If you would like to arrange a workshop or presentation, please get in touch. Remote is no problem – we’re happy to join virtual meetings and seminars.

In addition to Maker’s Dozen-hosted workshops, Kate has also hosted workshops or given talks for: