WHAT'S HAPPENING

OPEN HOUSE: WOMEN PATRIOTS

Living History and cannon firing demonstrations throughout the day.

ARTISAN MAKE & TAKE WORKSHOP NATURAL DYES
INDIGO AND MADDER ROOT

12 Noon – 2 pm
Tickets $25 / Ages 16 & Up

Take home a tea towel and bandana of your own design using all natural dyes and traditional techniques. Space is limited get your tickets today!

Learn about the long tradition of indigo and try various methods of the dying process including rice paste design and the Shibori technique. Try your hand at madder root, another natural dye that produces hues from a soft pink to deep crimson.

Bring your own lunch or enjoy a provision plate available for purchase at MaCaa’s Tavern Yard.

ARTISAN LIVING HISTORY

At least once a month the entire campus of Historic Camden comes alive with hands-on artisan workshops, living history demonstrations, and more. This is a great opportunity for visitors to see our historic homes inside and out, and engage with our very talented trades people at the brickyard, pottworks, forge, farm and weavery as they demonstrate their trades using 18th century tools and technology.

FORGE

Resident blacksmiths Jack and Rick will demonstrate their trade and will talk about the new blacksmith shop being built with a water powered trip hammer.

POTTERY SHOP

Meet our resident potters Meta and Marti and learn all about John Bartlam, Camden’s first resident potter 1775-1781 and the maker of the first porcelain in America.

WOODWORKS GUILD

Join master woodworker Philip Hultgren and the Woodworks Guild in as they demonstrate 18th century methods of timber framed construction.

WEAVERY

Skilled artisans illustrate the steps involved in the weaving process, from spinning thread to creating fabric through hand-weaving on colonial looms.