Jamestown Settlement second ‘Historic Trades Fair’ is set to showcase handcraft trades of the past on June 3.
The Southeast Virginia Primitive Skills Group skill-set will be on display as they demonstrate flint-knapping, native coil pottery, broom-weaving, leather-working and fire-starting, according to a Jamestown-Yorktown news release about the event.
Displays will incldude Blood and Sawdust, a group of craftspeople will use wedges, axes and draw-knives to make rough items such as shingles, clapboards and small boards.
K. Walters at the Sign of the Gray Horse will make historically inspired reproduction jewelry, including necklaces, broaches and pins.
Ronald S. Carnegie, a wet-plate photographer, will demonstrate a 19th-century technique of making photographic images on glass or aluminum plates.
Visitors can buy some of the crafts and wares made at the event.
Visitors also can take part in a variety of trade-related activities in the outdoor living-history areas.
In the re-created Powhatan Indian village, visitors can see historical interpreters burn and scrape a log canoe. At the ships’ pier, visitors can learn about the sailors trade of sewing and repairing ship sails. In the recreated colonial fort, historical interpreters will demonstrate armor making on Sunday.
Historic Trades Fair
Where: Jamestown Settlement, state Route 31 near the Colonial Parkway in James City County.
When: June 3-4
Admissions: $17 for adults, $8 for ages 6 -12, and free for children under 6.
Residents of James City County, York County and the City of Williamsburg, including College of William and Mary students, receive complimentary admission with proof of residency.
