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Based by the sea in West Sussex, England, I make Native American style shamanic medicine drums, rattles, medicine bags, leather bags for drums & flutes, & any other bespoke leatherwork you might require.
My aim is to provide you with the highest quality spiritual tools made in ceremony & with pure intent to aid your personal development.
DRUMS
I firmly believe that a medicine drum should have a high quality sound. I use premium quality American Rock Maple drum hoops with a professionally machined bearing edge. This is vital to achieving harmonic and sub-harmonic tones with the drum - a critical factor in sound healing and shamanic journeying.
I can make drums in any size, but 13-14" is my recommended size of drum, blending portability with great tone and resiliance to humidity.
I also make double-sided drums. The resonance of the double-sided drum is completely different, acoustically and energetically.
The space inside the drum between the two hides, where the sound waves cross over and cancel each other out, becomes a point of complete stillness and peace.
I make drums because I love drums, and because I believe that the world can be better for having more people drumming. I drum every day - for healing, for meditation, for insight, and to give thanks for my many blessings.
It is an honour for me to bring a new drum into the world, and to hear from someone how they are connecting with their drum on a deep spiritual level.
DRUM MAKING WORKSHOPS I love making drums for other people, but a drum will never be more powerful than the one that you make yourself, with your own power and healing intent. Making a medicine drum is a transformational process, resulting in the creation of a powerful healing tool.
I have been involved in teaching and training for almost 20 years, and offer workshops for small groups to empower people to make their own medicine drums.
Ethically sourced materials of the very highest quality are provided, and teaching is given in a calm and supportive manner in order to aid your journey through this powerful process. I encourage you to read feedback from my drum making workshops on my Testimonials page.
Workshops are held through the year, at venues including the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent. Alternatively, I can travel to you, subject to a minimum number of participants. Current confirmed workshop dates for 2012 are:
- Saturday 5th May 2012, Newport, isle of Wight.
- Saturday 9th June 2012, Elham, near Canterbury, Kent.
I invite you to contact me for more information on drum making workshops.
LEATHER DRUM BAGS
A drum bag is a useful and attractive way of protecting, storing, and transporting your drum.
I hand-cut and hand-stitch drum bags in all different sizes using bison leather in a variety of colours and thicknesses. They can be decorated with leather fringes, or left plain.
Bison leather captures the enduring spirit of Bison. I particularly favour bison leather for drum bags as it has a fantastic and distinctive grain unlike any other type of leather, guaranteeing that each drum bag is genuinely one of a kind.
RATTLES
Medicine rattles are used extensively in Shamanism, Pagan and Native ways. A rattle can be used easily while dancing, chanting and invoking power while moving about, as well as when sitting down. The rattle invokes powerful energy, and can be used for cleansing the energy fields of places, particularly at the beginning of ceremonies and rituals -and they can be used as part of a drum healing therapy.
I make rattles from deer, bison and horse hide, as well as supplying kits to enable you to make your own rattle from a quality hand stitched rawhide rattle head.
LEATHERCRAFT
I handcraft a variety of other items to order from the finest quality deer and bison hide.
Items I make include:
- medicine pouches
- bags for drums, flutes, rattles & medicine pipes
- tobacco tin pouches
- multi-tool pouches
- shoulder bags
- archery equipment, including quivers and bracers
- custom motorcycle leatherwork.
Please see the Gallery for examples of my leathercraft. If you feel it is right, I would be humbled to make a drum or rattle for you.
Please email me with any queries or to discuss your requirements at:
You can read testimonials about my work from some of my recent customers. If I have made you an item or if you have attended a workshop with me, I invite your feedback for the benefit of others.
Thank you for visiting my site.
