Company of the Phoenix

23/11/2025

The second stool workshop saw three stools constructed. They are all very impressive.

23/11/2025

Today the bag making workshop got underway. There were some great bags being made.

09/11/2025

After you get your basic kit together the next step in your every expanding collection pile of gear should be something to sit on at camp and around the fire.

Today we started our first stool workshop. The aim is for each participant to construct their own stool ready for the Pheonix Phestival next year. Here are the results at the end of day one.

27/07/2025

Open Day is on so come over and say hi!

24/07/2025

Making your own arrows involves several specialist skill. Jay and Zack worked a stick into a haft and then added the fetching (feathers) and arrow head. Here you can see Zack working the stick into a shaft on a specialist bench.

23/07/2025

Our second new activity at Abbey Medieval Festival this year was a sessionon writing with a feather. Picking up a feather and making letters is a ponderous thing.

22/07/2025

While we have many scheduled activities in camp you will always find members doing interesting things and the telling people about them.

22/07/2025

One of the most popular activities we run at every event is finger looping. Making your own cord is a core skill for reenactors as most of use cords to keep our clothes on.

22/07/2025

Hello All this year at the Abbey Medieval Festival the Company of the Phoenix ran some new activities. I wanted to take some photos of Jay running the arrow making show. Happily I could not get close enough.

08/07/2025