Bow Building

Roots has been holding Bow building classes for a number of years now, and as I look towards the upcoming class and talk to those who are interested, I find myself thinking about all those who have already built one, some who have come back to build two, even three. They have taken the time out of their lives to sit with a single piece of wood, working it for days o as to leave with a beautiful, functional, and effective bow. There is no defining reason as to why people have come. There have been students that have hunted their whole lives, there have been students who have never hunted before, and a number of vegetarians who are looking to explore a new approach to meat in their diet, or are just looking for the dynamic mediation of building and shooting their own bow. No bow comes out the same, and it affects the individual as much as he or she does working the wood. Here are some pictures of previous students working hard and loving it.