Monthly Get-Together Knapping Session
The California Knappers is a knapping get-together of flintknappers who like to flake stones, learn from each other, trade for materials, socialize and meet fellow paleolithic knappers. The get-together is open to beginners, intermediate and advanced knappers. Anyone who is interested in learning the skill of making stone tools is more than welcome. We will meet one day in every month. Check this webpage for monthly dates.
Update on the March 20 knapping get-together:
Twelve people in all came to the March knapping session. It was great to see Monica and Jorge from the Anthropology Department at San Francisco State University attend the knapping get-together again. Participants drifted in and out as the day progressed. The beginners practiced pressure flaking and percussion flaking skills with copper tools as well as hammerstones. It was a beautiful sunny day for knapping.
Here is the information for the next California Knappers get-together:
Date: APRIL 25, 2010 (Sunday)
Location: Karl Nordvik Park, 5850 Commerce Dr, Fremont, CA 94555
The park is on the corner of Commerce Dr. and Ardenwood Blvd. We will be located near the children's swings, under a pine tree. Parking is free.
If it rains, then the location will be at Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area, 2100 Isherwood Way, Fremont, CA 94536 (we'll meet at the South Ensenada pavilion) - $5.00 parking fee per vehicle. I will inform everyone if we switch to Quarry Lakes. Check this webpage the night before the get-together for any last minute changes.
Information: Contact Dino Labiste via e-mail for any questions at kahikoarts@yahoo.com
DIRECTIONS TO KARL NORDVIK PARK:
Heading I-880 south, take the Decoto/Dumbarton Bridge/84 exit near Fremont. Turn right onto Highway 84 headed west. Take the Ardenwood Blvd./Newark Blvd. exit. Turn right at the end of the exit. When you get to the cross street called Commerce Dr., turn right (the park is on the corner). Park in the parking lot closest to the restrooms. Look for the children's swings, past the restrooms. We will be under a pine tree near the swings.
Heading I-880 north, take the Decoto Rd. exit near Fremont. Turn left, headed west. Take the Ardenwood Blvd./Newark Blvd. exit. Turn right at the end of the exit. When you get to the cross street called Commerce Dr., turn right (the park is on the corner). Park in the parking lot closest to the restrooms. Look for the children's swings, past the restrooms. We will be under a pine tree near the swings.
Coming from the Dumbarton Bridge, headed towards Fremont, take the Newark Blvd./Ardenwood Blvd. exit. Turn left at the end of the exit. When you get to the cross street called Commerce Dr., turn right (the park is on the corner). Park in the parking lot closest to the restrooms. Look for the children's swings, past the restrooms. We will be under a pine tree near the swings.
