BOAT
I went to the Wooden Boat festival today and ran across an advertisement for a class in which you build an Aleut baidarka--with a lashed cedar frame and resin-impregnated canvas skin, no glue nor metal fastenings. Several examples of the finished product were on display (including one with squid tentacles painted on it omg.) I immediately conceived an overwhelming desire to build such a craft. The class lasts two solid weekends (working nine to five on Saturday and Sunday) and costs $1,200, but honestly that seems like a pretty good deal for what you get.
I should probably think about it, it being a pretty big investment of time and money. But still.
I should probably think about it, it being a pretty big investment of time and money. But still.