Descriptive Writing Across Genres
YouthCreativityEducationHow-toLiteratureWritingYouth 120Youth 125Youth 130Students will explore how descriptive writing techniques are used in both fiction and nonfiction.
Primitive Technology: Double water bellows
AdultsConstructionCreativityNatureI built two water bellows to use in tandem for smelting. Previously I made and tested one water bellow. It was small and was fired in a pit...
How to uncover your best ideas
AdultsAnimationCreativityEducationLanguageProductivitySelfThis is episode 2 of the animated series, “Public Speaking 101.” Ideas change everything — and since language lets us share our ideas, learning how to use it well gives speakers the power to inspire people and even change how they think.
Primitive Technology: Floating Pulley Blower Smelt
AdultsConstructionCreativityLifeI tested the floating pulley blower I made last time in an iron smelt. I started by re-building the blower housing from the last project which had broken after getting wet.
Primitive Technology: Re-smelting previously made iron
AdultsConstructionCreativityNatureI took the iron I already smelted and re- smelted it. The iron was old and rusty from forging experiments. Iron oxidises faster when in the forge due to the hot and oxidising conditions. So I tried smelting it again to turn the rust back into iron.