Carving a Sacred Pipe

In this workshop you will learn how to choose the stone, cut the stone and carve the pipe, all of the tools you will need will be available for you to use.

We know that you could just read the instructions page on the site, but we also know that a hands on environment is much better in case you have questions or are having problems. Chuck will walk you through the methods of making different pipes, and also the way the different woods for the stems are crafted.

There are also various myths about making a pipe and how to handle the stone which will be clarified.

During this workshop you will make a pipe yourself. Chuck will be there for you but you will be left to work alone. If you have a particular style of Pipe that you envision making Chuck will guide you through it. Otherwise you will have the choice of crafting a Plains or an Elbow style.

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This is a one day workshop, with the maximum of 3 people participating in each session.
Please give weekend dates that you would be able to participate and we will contact you with the date we have booked you in.

A donation will be asked from each participant to cover costs and to help with the upkeep of the Center. This will be entirely up to each person to give what they think is suitable.

The presenter of the workshop is Chuck Derby, Please see here for his bio

It is recommended that you take the workshop 'The Sacred Pipe' before embarking on this venture. A Pipe is not just an item that is used to smoke tobacco, you will find while you are carving it that it will be working with you to discover it within the stone. It will be useful for you to understand the responsibility that holding a Pipe entails. 'The Sacred Pipe' workshop will give you a huge insight into the relevance of the Pipe. ('The Sacred Pipe' workshop can be taken on-line if it would be easier)

Registration form for both 'Carving a Sacred Pipe', and 'The Sacred Pipe' workshops is HERE