Bow making
From tree to bow, in one piece. For over 20 years I have been building primitive wooden bows — and I show in courses how it is done.
Archery
Shooting instinctively means: no sight, by feel. Introductory courses for groups of six or more, 1.5 hours, equipment provided.
Wilderness & nature courses
Trained in wilderness education and nature mentoring, working with Coyote Teaching for over 20 years. Three days of leather tanning — or a nature walk, alone and accompanied.
Fruit tree care
Certified fruit tree carer: formative, maintenance and rejuvenation pruning, single trees or whole orchard meadows. Within 25 kilometres of Lichtenfels.
Web development
My second craft: for over 25 years I have been building websites – professionally and for projects of my own like this one.
Bows and websites on one page — does that work?
They are two crafts with little in common, and I have done both for over twenty years. One is about wood, the other about code, and what connects them is nothing mystical: in both cases something is made that has to work without me afterwards.
A bow that only draws well during the course is not a bow. A website that can't be changed without me isn't one either.
Staves / bow blanks from €70
Ash, black locust, yew and elm, properly seasoned. Roughed out on request, so you can start tillering right away.