Bow Drill Friction Fire

Asher McLaughlin is devoted to reconnecting people of all ages to the earth, community, and the ancestral skills that once shaped our lives. His work is hands-on and honest: teaching friction fire, butchering animals with reverence, and crafting drums that carry the heartbeat of the earth. Asher’s work is about bringing people back to their senses—to the land beneath their feet, the skills in their hands, and the wisdom in their bones. Asher has practiced earth skills most of his life. Starting early in childhood, attending skills gatherings and herbalism classes. Asher has studied at the Deep Remembering Wilderness Immersion program in NC, and the Lindera Herbal Intensive with Jim McDonald. He is an instructor at the Earthcraft Skillshare and the Vital Hive in Lowell, MI. He has also been a youth nature connection mentor at Strong Roots Nature School for over seven years, guiding kids through the wild to remember their place within it. His teachings are rooted in lived experience, blending traditional skills with a deep respect for the earth and the cycles of life and death.