Demonstrations
Browse confirmed 2026 demonstrations below. More demos and schedule details will be added as they’re finalized.
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Friday – Sunday: Woodworking fun with Roy Underhill
Witness the wit and shenanigans of Roy Underhill all weekend.
Friday, October 9th
Tree Identification Walk with Damien Ossi
Take a stroll through the wooded property and learn a few tricks for identifying trees along the way.
Naval Stores and The Real Tar Heels: A History Of The Long Leaf Pine Forest with Earl Ijames
Farmer, Historian, and Preservationist Earl L. Ijames shares the cultural, economic, and natural history of the long leaf pine forests. With primary source artifacts, documents, historical images, and yes, real long leaf pine trees, Ijames gives a live demonstration and evolution of the term “Tar Heels”. It’s a real “pitch” for history and “stave” for conservation!
Making Spoon Gouges with Barron Brown
Barron will show you how save money and be more resourceful by showing you how to forge and heat treat a bent spoon or bowl gouge using a torch. Learn how to watch the temper colors move along the metal till it’s ready for the quench.
Saturday, October 10th
Blacksmithing with Dan Green of Woodcrest Farm
See local blacksmith, Dan Green of Woodcrest Farm, demonstrate the tricks of the trade at intervals throughout the day.
Traditional White Oak Basket Making
with Neal Thomas
Neal will describe how and where to cut the pole, a 6’ section of the 5-6” tree. Then the billets are cleaved out and riven out of the white oak pole with a froe and riving break into halves, then quarters and eights. From the billets, basket ribs and handles are split through the growth rings and carved out. Weavers are thinned with a shave horse and draw knife and then scraped with a knife. Then Neal will demonstrate how he weaves his lovely traditional white oak baskets, if we are lucky he will sell a few.
Axes from Around the World with Tad Kepley
1-2PM: In this Demonstration you will get a firsthand look at Tad’s extensive axe collection of approximately 25 Carving Axes from around the world. See some of the best carving axes for greenwood carving from the USA, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ukraine and Latvia.
Spring Pole Lathe with Mozzy the Maker
Live spring bowl lathe bowl turning!
Spring Pole Lathe with Jasper Mayer
Live spring bowl lathe bowl turning!
Spoons from Around the World with Tad Kepley
In this Demonstration you will get a firsthand look at over (70) seventy hand carved spoons from around the world. Spoons carved by the late Mr. Wille Sundqvist, Fritiof Runhall, Adam Hawker, Pat Diette, Derek Sanderson, barn the Spoon, Dan Lawrence, Dave Fisher, JoJo Wood and many more.
The demonstration will also take a look at green wood projects to include; Kuksa, Shrink Pot, bag clips, ring bowls, egg cups, buttons, beads, coat hook, bird bowl and more.
Tree Identification Walk with Damien Ossi
Take a stroll through the wooded property and learn a few tricks for identifying trees along the way.
Sunday, October 11th
Handsaw Sharpening with Richard Moore
Learn to sharpen your handsaws and make them sing! You will learn about tooth geometry for rip and crosscut saws, and how to straighten them and clean them up. Once you lear to tune up your old saw, it will perform like magic.
Tree Identification Walk with Damien Ossi
Take a stroll through the wooded property and learn a few tricks for identifying trees along the way.
Blacksmithing Field Trip with Peter Ross
Visit the local workshop of Peter Ross, the preeminent whitesmith for museum-quality locks and tools. He specializes in reproductions of 17th and 18th century English American wrought ironwork, black and bright.
Marvelous Moravian Workbench! with Will Myers
Overview of the Moravian workbench and construction techniques.
Blacksmithing Field Trip with Peter Ross
Visit the local workshop of Peter Ross, the preeminent whitesmith for museum-quality locks and tools. He specializes in reproductions of 17th and 18th century English American wrought ironwork, black and bright.
Plant ID with Callan Burton-Shore
In this demonstration we will take a walk and learn about some of the trees and plants around us (and what we can use them for!). Then we will play some fun games to help us remember what we learned and maybe even snack on some edible plants!
Shaker Candle Stand with Will Myers
One of the most iconic Shaker furniture pieces the spider leg candle stand. Overview of construction techniques and details often overlooked in this simple but not so simple piece.