Forgotten Skillz

Forgotten Skillz A community for local Long Island friends who want to explore the skills that helped our ancestors thrive to help us live more sustainable modern lives.
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Workshops & outings held regularly across Long Island

5 new workshops are ready for release! Watch the schedules of your local libraries and other institutions of learning, ...
02/26/2026

5 new workshops are ready for release! Watch the schedules of your local libraries and other institutions of learning, or hit us up to host your own.

The Stories Before Words
Inspired by the cave paintings at Lascaux, participants create natural pigments and paint on stone, exploring how humans told stories long before writing.

The Rosetta Code
Inspired by the Rosetta Stone, participants inscribe clay tablets using modern and ancient-style writing systems, exploring how language was shaped and preserved across time.

Marks of Legacy
Modeled after traditional Asian seal carving, this workshop guides participants to create and imprint a personal mark, experiencing how symbols carried meaning before modern signatures.

From Earth to Home
Participants weave and apply earth-based materials to build a small structural panel, exploring how early settlements transformed raw land into shelter. An indoor variation is available.

Twining: Basketry by Hand
Participants twine natural fibers into a functional basket, learning how woven materials supported daily life and community across cultures and time.

02/26/2026
Join us for the next step in the Wilderness Survival journey as we explore making and using cordage. This vital skill i...
02/25/2026

Join us for the next step in the Wilderness Survival journey as we explore making and using cordage. This vital skill is the glue and foundation of almost every other thing we'll learn, and once mastered, can make life easier even as the environment does its best to lead us to our demise.

Date: Saturday, March 14th

Time & Location:
- 10am at Sands Point Preserve
- 2pm at Vanderbilt Museum
- 6pm @ CEED

Info and registration in comments.

Last chance to get in in today's Survival Water Systems workshop at Vanderbilt Museum!We kick off at 2pm(NOTE: This work...
02/21/2026

Last chance to get in in today's Survival Water Systems workshop at Vanderbilt Museum!

We kick off at 2pm
(NOTE: This workshop was rescheduled from the original Feb 7th date to today, Feb 21st)

Click the link in our bio or visit the events page on our site to get in on the fun!

02/17/2026
02/16/2026

Fire gets the glory.

Shelter gets the attention.

Cordage makes them possible.

If you can’t bind, lash, secure, repair, or hang… you can’t build much of anything in the wild.

On Saturday, March 14, we dive into one of humanity’s oldest technologies in our Wilderness Survival Series: Cordage workshop.

In this hands-on, 2-hour session, you’ll learn to:

• Find natural fiber in your environment
• Twist and ply your own cordage
• Practice essential knots and lashing techniques
• Understand why cordage underpins shelter, tools, food, and water systems

This is foundational skill work — practical, historical, and immediately usable.

📍 March 14
10am – Sands Point Preserve
2pm – Vanderbilt Museum
6pm – CEED

Register + details link in bio

02/15/2026

Spent Sunday morning with some new friends as we explored the art of paper making at Museum in Centerport, NY.

We're halfway through the month; let's take a look at the calendar! Rounding out February:ScribeCraft II - Paper Maker...
02/14/2026

We're halfway through the month; let's take a look at the calendar! Rounding out February:

ScribeCraft II - Paper Makers - Centerport - Tomorrow at Vanderbilt Museum

Private Homeschool Group - ScrbeCraft I - Feb 17th

Trip to Crooked Brok Farmstead - Feb 18th

Wilderness Survival Series - Water (Centerport) - Feb 21 at Vanderbilt Museum

ScribeCraft I - Ink Impressions - Sands Point - Feb 22 at Sands Point Preserve

Private Homeschool Group - ScribeCraft II - Feb 24th

Want to slip your event in before the end of the month? Hit us up!

Homemade paper press, all ready for this weekend's ScribeCraft workshop at Vanderbilt Museum.
02/14/2026

Homemade paper press, all ready for this weekend's ScribeCraft workshop at Vanderbilt Museum.

Quick supply run for this weekend's classes...
02/12/2026

Quick supply run for this weekend's classes...

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Forgotten Skillz - Long Island

Welcome to FORGOTTEN SKILLZ!

We are a community for local Long Island friends who want to explore the skills that helped our ancestors become self-sufficient, including experimental archaeology, bushcraft, foraging, cooking, woodworking, homesteading, & more.

We believe in the practice of generalism. We are not survival specialists, though we do practice our survival skills and bushcraft basics. We are not preppers, though we do like to prepare for emergencies, both natural and human-made . We are not farmers or off-grid homesteaders, though we do prefer to live as much as possible without outside influence.

As generalists, we endeavor to become better than 80% of people at a wide variety of skills and topics. We will spend some time specializing in one area or another to gain proficiency, but we often then move on to the next area of discovery. Our goal is to be able to survive and thrive as a community, no matter what, but to also carry with us enough general knowledge (and skill) to be able to point specialists in the right direction. We are indeed jacks of all trades.