About
Archipelago Folkschool is a collaborative social enterprise that connects people with craft. We run short courses in beautiful places as well as getting involved in all sorts of things.
For 2024 we’re offering our biggest run of kayak and canoe building courses, all located at our beautiful new workshop on the Isle of Mull. All our courses last a week and you’ll start with a pile of timber and finish with a stunning new boat of your own to take home. We don’t expect anyone to know anything in advance, we are used to working with people who have never made anything in their lives and can teach anyone to make a beautiful, useful new boat! We’ve had participants as young as 12 (with a parent) and as old as 81 too! All of our courses include camping next to the workshop and use of a shared kitchen for relaxing in the evenings - that’s if you’re not nipping off for a swim from some of beautiful beaches nearby. You can find out more about our workshop, the boats we build or about the specific courses through this site. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Our dates for 2024 are:
May 4th - 11th Kayak Building
May 18th - 25th Canoe Building
June 8th - 15th Canoe Building
June 22nd - 29th Canoe Building
July 6th - 13th Kayak Building
July 20th - 27th Canoe Building
August 10th- 17th Kayak Building
August 24th - 31st Canoe Building
Join us on the beautiful Ross of Mull
And do something really special
All our courses take place on the ross of Mull on our home croft - Torr a’ Channaich on the Ardtun peninsula near the village of Bunessan. over 2021-23 we have been building a purpose built, timber framed teaching workshop with a clean teaching space, a slightly more messy machine shop and store room and toilets and a kitchen. From autumn 2023 we’ll also be offering space hire of this really unique location. So if you are interested do get in touch.
“It’s been the most amazing experience, one of the best things I’ve ever done in my whole life”
“I really enjoyed the whole experience. There was an excellent mix of practical work and social time. The sense of achievement as the week progressed was amazing!”
