November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025(9am - 5pm)

Make a Traditional Twisted Whip for Driving Oxen

Taught by: Justin Riendeau

Workshop Fee: $140.00

This workshop will allow students to make a traditional twisted whip from start to finish. This includes creating whip blanks from a raw piece of timber, forming and shaping the stick along with steaming and twisting it. We will cover how to finish the whip with a keeper which allows for the attachment of a lash once it is complete.

Skills and Techniques:

  • Forming and shaping raw lumber into a usable end-product
  • Use of hand tools both for roughing out and detail finishing the project
  • Learning how to steam and twist the whips
  • Reading signs from the material to determine when it’s ready to be completed

 

Materials Fee: $25 paid directly to the instructor.

Special Tools or Equipment: None

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