Porcupine quill crafts

PORCUPINE GAG One unusual forest dweller is a creature which waddles when it walks, runs from nothing and never starves. It has feet like a bear, claws like a badger, teeth like a beaver and inn…

In fact, I think you’d be fun! Do you know how many cool things you can do with porcupine quills? There’s so many! More than I thought there was. Here’s a look … Did you know there are porcupine quill lamp shades? Yep. Like this one made by craftsmen in Cape Town, from Exports from … Continue reading "You Don’t Have to Be a Prickly Personality to Decorate with Porcupine Quills"

Native American Technology & Art: a topically organized educational web site emphasizing the Eastern Woodlands region, organized into categories of Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, Weaving & Cordage, Games & Toys and Food & Recipes. Find simple instructional information about how these materials are used by Natives, and detailed background on the history and development of these kinds of Native…

Back in stock!! Birch Bark & Porcupine Quill Chevron Earrings Indigenous Designs by One Earth Exchange

Porcupine quills were used by Native people of the Great Lakes area as decorating materials long before the introduction of seed beads by the European traders. This seemed to be true where ever this animal was found in the wooded areas of the northern continent. Quills were dyed colors with natural dyes, used in their round state, or flattened and used as a platting material. The most renowned decorative use of quills in the Great Lakes area was and continues to be on birch bark baskets. %

Just received these new ethically sourced African Porcupine quills today. I can’t wait to turn these into earrings for you guys!!! 🖤✨

porcupine quill wreath

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