Drum Making 

Photos taken at drum making workshops, all using local Sussex deer skins, and prepared for drum material through using flint tools.  

Tools are made by Lithic expert Will Attard - you'll find him on Socials @thepointyenduk The Pointy End

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Eva has been making drums since 2017, my teachers were Steven and Renata Ash, and every drum and skin I've worked with since!  You never stop learning with drum making!

Two years ago I asked the universe for guidance in changing how i worked, as I didn't like ordering rawhide for drums from people I dint know, or ordering them from abroad.  Six months later I met a lady who worked on a family run game farm and had hides that had no use. So i learned to work on fresh hides myself.   All my deer skin sources are now local, and I know all the hands they have passed through. Occasionally I have hides from other places but only if I know the hands they've passed through.

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Working with slipping fur yourself really augments your connection to your drum, and deeply to our ancestors, 

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If you fancy making a drum get in touch.  The skins are natural, untreated, straight from the land they lived on.  

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Workshops and prices:

One day, one to one, with prepared hide, making your drum - £320.

10am till 6pm.

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Two days, one to one:

Day one, Slipping hide yourself, stretching it. 10- 3pm.

Day two weaving your drum together 10 - 6pm.

£420.

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Group workshops, two or more. Max 4 people.

One day £280

Two days £350.

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Photography:  some of these images are taken by myself, some are by professional photographer Katie Williams, @apocketofforest