Ages 16+ | Conner Prairie

Prairie Pursuits: Blacksmithing - Dog Face Hooks

Use your imagination to create a whimsical wall hook or two, perfect for hanging dog leashes, hats or keys.

Join Conner Prairie’s agriculture staff to learn about the history, selection, training, and care of these magnificent draft animals.

Join new and old friends at our Wednesday evening cookout for good food and great conversations. This is also a chance to be able to purchase items made by Conner Prairie’s crafters and workshop instructors. All proceeds go to support Conner Prairie’s educational mission.

Traditional Arts & Arms Workshops: Basic Hornwork

Master Hornsmith Art DeCamp will show you the tricks to design, layout and execute beautiful scrimshaw work.

Traditional Arts & Arms Making Workshops: Leatherworking

Take your pouch making to the next level as Ken Scott teaches you advanced techniques in making hunting bags and pouches.

Traditional Arts & Arms Workshops: Folding Knife

Bladesmith Brian Barker teaches how to create a historically appropriate knife.

Traditional Arts & Arms Making Workshops: Basic Blacksmithing

Join Nathan Allen as you learn the basics of blacksmithing including drawing, punching, hardening, tempering steel and forge welding.

Traditional Arts & Arms Making Workshops: Stock Carving Silver Wire Inlay

Master gunsmith John Schippers will help you learn the basics of two fundamental techniques of decorating long rifles, tomahawks and knives: relief carving and silver wire inlay.