Classic Crafts Collegium

A collection of classic crafts guides and how tos

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https://realselfsufficiency.com/make-oak-galls-ink/

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[hellenhighwater]

Hey, would you mind making a tutorial for walnut ink?

I just used this one!

How to Make Black Walnut Ink — Samantha Sanders

My absolute favorite ink to make and to use is black walnut ink! The eastern black walnut tree is native to North America. Black walnut tre

[alexanderwales]

This is a water-seal stoneware crock. The design is ancient.

It is, essentially, a large ceramic vessel that you put vegetables and sometimes brine into. To prevent spoilage, you place those ceramic weights on top of whatever food is in the crock, and that keeps them weighted down, below the level of the water. Because fermentation creates gases, most crocks have a "water groove" in them. The lid sits in the groove, which allows air to escape but not come in. Because fermentation creates gas, the interior of the crock is positive-pressure, and because the gas created is almost entirely carbon dioxide, it's a low-oxygen environment that additionally helps prevent spoilage.

And all this would be pointless without lactobacillus, the bacteria that chomp down on the vegetables you put into the crock. They're anaerobic, which means totally fine without oxygen, and they produce an environment that's inhospitable to most other organisms. The main things they produce are CO2, which means no oxygen for other bacteria, and lactic acid, which makes the fermented thing sour and also decreases the pH low enough that many other bacteria cannot survive. They tolerate high levels of salt, which kill yet more competitor bacteria. It ends up being a really really good way to keep food from going off.

Our ancestors figured this out thousands of years ago without knowing what bacteria were. This general ceramic design has been in use around the world in virtually every place that had ceramics, salt, and too much cabbage or cucumbers that was going to rot if they didn't do something about it. It's thousands of years old, so old that it gets hard to interpret the evidence of the ceramics.

And I have crocks like this in my kitchen, where I make my own ferments, and I always think about how beautiful and elegant it all is, and how this was probably invented hundreds of times as people converged on something that Just Works.

(I do have pH testing strips though.)

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Grain Windmill: Ancient Device for Separating Bran and Shrunken Grains f...

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Making the Ancient Rice-Grinding Soil Rice Huller: Restoring the Soil Ri...

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Oilpaper Umbrella, It Took Two Months to Make, Completely Handmade

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Crafting Traditional Bamboo Fans

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Process of making a bow. A Japanese craftsman who makes giant bows over ...

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Making a bucket completely from wood – without glue or metal

Making a bucket completely from wood – without glue or metal

Make a waterproof bucket entirely from wood. No glue. No metal.You can see the whole making process, with many details, in this video.I do m

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[domina-honoribila]

For the curious, this chap is processing flax, then spinning it into cordage, then twisting those cords into rope.

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when you’re at the end of your rope but must carry on regardless

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This is from Eugenio Monesma, a man who has dedicated his life to making documentaries about all the living traditions and craftsmen that still live in Spain, is not the first time I’ve seen his stuff uncredited on Tik Tok, which is a shame because he has over 20 years worth of videos of his work for free on his channel.

Even if you don’t understand Spanish do give it a look please, very interesting stuff, you’re sure to find something interesting across his 1000+ videos.

Luckyly this video comes with subtitles so please enjoy seeing the process more in depth

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Building a Medieval Fence: Bushcraft Skills

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More medieval dyes for y'all!

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TMYK

[hellenhighwater]

Hello, Hellen! Question: do you have any experience with Coptic bookbinding? (The kind with the exposed stitching/signature edges on the spine?) I'm thinking of trying it, and since I know you do other kinds of bookbinding (very beautifully), I hoped you might have some tips or resources to recommend on this kind. If not, no worries.

Thanks in advance for your help! I hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

I've done it, but unfortunately I don't have good resources for you--my second BFA major was in artist's books, so I learned a lot directly from professors.

I would say that you should make sure you have a decent natural fiber thread and some good beeswax to work with, and mind your tension. Does anyone else have good tutorials or references on coptic binding?

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Okay so DAS is very good as has been noted. (very, very good, assuming you like learning from videos.) If you prefer text, I learned dual needle coptic (DAS calls it Ethiopian, he's probably more correct) from this a book, but thankfully for us all, the author of that book has a blog and has posted this tutorial:

Instructions: Coptic Binding (Paired Needles)

Alisa Golden, author of Making Handmade Books, shares her creative process, current projects, instructions, book reviews, writing tips, and

I usually work with straight up waxed lined thread, which works great for the purpose. If you're working with anything else, you'll want to wax the thread yourself to help it slide through easily and to keep it from tangling quite as bad as it otherwise would.

Beeswax is best but you can just use a candle if that's what you have on hand.

I generally don't do single needle coptics, because I like the look of dual needle better; I'll hunt up a single needle tutorial if you want, though. I'm a librarian, hunting things up is kind of what I do. ;)

If I can help at all, shoot me a line! I'm quite happy to infodump about grain direction and thread weights and board thickness. ;)

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The book of husbandry : Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir, 1470-1538 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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The book of the farm: detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairy maid : Ste

Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

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Introduction Rush plants are widely known for their versatility and numerous uses in various industries. From making baskets and furniture t

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How To Make Rushlights - Sew Historically

Make rushlights with leftover cooking fat & DIY natural wicks as emergency candle or as eco-friendly alternative to store-bought candles!