Learning Through Making
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Stone tools structure our understanding of the human past. That understanding develops once you learn how to make them!
12/09/2023
I have shared this before, but I am listening again, and it is really worth half an hour of your time.
Universities, futures thinking and climate change (Keri Facer) Keri Facer (University of Bristol) is a leading thinker in the area of education futures, and has just completed a term as visiting Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala Universi
06/09/2023
Holidays and hammerstones.
Useful stones Following on from the previous tools based post, this one is about stones useful as tools to a flintknapper: hammerstones and abrading stones Last week we were in Pembrokeshire, in south Wales on a…
01/09/2023
Pentre Ifan all to ourselves.
29/08/2023
I found love on Newgale beach this evening. And some hammer stones.
13/08/2023
Sunday morning activities.
Making your own copper pressure flakers I have been told off for posting too many pictures of stone tools on social media, and so in response to that feedback here are some pictures of the tools I use to make the stone tools I post on so…
08/08/2023
Latest from the Mansfield Cooper laboratory!
Having a sort out Since coming back from fieldwork I have slowly been sorting out stuff at home and in the labs. In doing so I came across this box given to me by Pete Yankowski at the Chorlton Arts Festival knappin…
06/08/2023
Making an exhibition of myself, with trusty collaborators, cork and paperclip. Cheers!
Today's product. An unpromising flake turned into a tool with surprisingly sharp edges. Hence the blood 😂
09/06/2023
What I got up to on my birthday...
Chorlton Arts Festival, Bronze Age arrowhead workshop. A medium sized photo essay Thanks to Chorlton Plant Nursery for the space, Chorlton Arts Festival for the opportunity, and Pete Yankowski for the brilliant images.
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