The students made a fire every night and gathered around it, sometimes with community members from nearby towns, to decompress and reflect on the day and their experiences throughout the week. The students were responsible for collecting firewood, building the fire, and maintaining it.  

This is a class for beginners to intermediate participants. In this class you will learn all aspects of tanning hides using animal brains or lecithin and olive oil. Starting with fleshing and graining the hides, you will learn softening techniques as well as how to smoke a hide to finish it allowing it to be washed multiple times. If you wish to just leave your hide white (ceremonial) and not smoke it, that is possible also. Learn to trouble shoot and tan consistently soft hides every time. Hide and all materials and tools provided for the class. Cost- $175 Location: Santa Fe, NM. Space for 6 participants. Think you have a schedule conflict, give a call and let's see what we can work out. 
​To sign -up, please contact Joshua at 505-570-9484 or sageland@me.com

"Making pots from wild gathered clay. We will go over every aspect of primitive pottery including hand building, shaping and smoothing, painting with mineral and organic paint and techniques to fire for the clay and minerals available to us."
Friday: harvesting, processing clay, adding temper, tools for pots, building pots, all about traditional pottery, the elements in creating a vessel Saturday: all about paint, making brushes, making mineral paint, painting our pots, significance of design, all about firing, preparing the firing space, sorting wood Sunday: firing, washing and sealing pots, potluck, end of class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_PeaHVcohg 
​Cost: $125 Location: Santa Fe, NM Space is limited.
To sing up, please email sageland@me.com or call 505-570-9484

The Guadalupe St. Banner proposal will next be heard by the City Finance Committee May 20th, at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall. Initial estimate was $5,000 which includes printing, installation, and a deposit for removal. ​