a "crooked knife" to carve the thwarts and ribs and a deer shank awl to punch the holes in the bark to stitch the sheets of birch together and lash them to the gunnels. Power tools and other ...

a "crooked knife" to carve the thwarts and ribs and a deer shank awl to punch the holes in the bark to stitch the sheets of birch together and lash them to the gunnels. Power tools and other ...

"Birch bark sheets are aged in water and compressed to prepare the base for these paintings," explains Yaqubi pointing out the various natural tints of the bark that make each painting unique.

The studio also experimented with bark chips and pine needles ... adding tops made from pressed birch and sequoia. The prototype sheet materials are being presented at the V&A until autumn ...

In August 2017 we found out one way they could have done it: tightly rolling up sheets of birch bark, covering it with ash, to keep the air out, and then putting embers from a fire over the top.

Wayne Bayer lays out wooden cedar frame on top of a sheet of birch bark. Members of the collective regularly offer workshops in Indigenous communities to teach people, particularly youth ...