Making Your Own Hand-Drum With David Craig
A drum you make with your own hands carries a connection that no purchased drum can. In this tutorial, visionary shamanic artist and master drum maker David Craig walks through building a traditional hand-drum step by step, from the hoop and the hide to the lacing and the tuning, along with the care and respect that make a drum not just an instrument but a relative.
If you have already watched and are ready for what comes next, you may enjoy David's deeper teachings on caring for your drum and the other sacred tools, or our free drumming track to journey with. And if you would rather have a drum hand-painted with your own power animals, David makes those to order.
New to this path? Learning to journey with the drum begins with Fundamentals of Shamanism.