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Porcupine Quill Earrings

My latest crafting endeavours have involved the interesting and prickly resource of porcupine quills. Here’s a sample of some of my recent creations:

I have been having fun experimenting with birch bark as a craft medium. Birch bark has traditionally been used throughout the world for creating beautiful and useful objects. I chose to create a traditional Baltic basket based on an Estonian design. Once I have removed the outer bark layer from older dead birch trees onContinue reading “Birch Bark Baskets”