Talks, Walks, Games, Demo’s & Presentations
These offerings will all be offered free of charge - donations are welcome. If you have something to offer please email us and we will see if it’s a good fit. info@vonhandfestival.com
More to come!
Yoga
with Daniel ‘Skipp’ Fiebelkorn
Begin your day with morning Yoga led by Skipp. The class will take place outside before breakfast each morning around 7:15/7:30. Bring your own mat or blanket to move on.
Green woodworking in Germany & Europe
by Michail Schütte
Michail Schütte, timber-framer and green woodworker since 1989, will talk about the long history and recent revival of green woodwork and of his own journey of learning and rediscovering traditional methods of working with wood.
Shrink pot Lid Making Demo
by Bettina Lutzke
Unfortunately, shrinkpots always have to dry for a few weeks before it makes sense to make a lid. And I'm always asked in the workshops how to make them. Well, maybe this demo is just the right thing. I bring shrinkpots that need a lid and I show you how I do it, which steps I follow, which tools I use, where dangers lurk, what I have to watch out for, what can go wrong, something is bound to go wrong, as always when you demonstrate something. But no matter, we all learn from it. In the end, you've seen how it can work. You can ask any questions that interest you.
Circle Songs
Hosted by Gwendolin Altenhöfer
An evening or two during the festival.
You are invited to join us in singing simple, earth and nature-connected songs and rounds from different parts of the world. Many are chants or circle songs, that are easy to learn and unfold their power through repetition. The songs are mostly in german or in english, some in other languages.
Just come along and enjoy a relaxed evening in a circle around the fire! You don’t need any musical qualification: if you can speak, you can sing as well :-)
Treetime: Stories, Myth, & Legend of Trees and Timber
Michail Schütte, tree-lover and green woodworker, leads a walk through the woods:
-Telling of the history of trees as the Earth’s largest living beings and how mankind depends on them;
-Speaking not only of myth and legend surrounding trees but also of the traditional uses of woodland and timber;
-Touching on what the future may hold for the relationship of man and tree.
Approx 3 hours.
by Michail Schütte
Tool Flea Market
Hosted by Andreas
Sauerbrey & all can participate!
Bring your old or unused tools to barter, trade or sell!
This was very successful last year so we are excited to offer it again.
Community Market
by All of you!
Bring your handmade pieces and wares to show, trade and sell with everyone else. This will be our final event of the festival!