http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-80910 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:50:31 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-80910 Hi Cat - Thanks for leaving a note. Yes, the box sure is a treasure. Thanks for the info on Yvonne Walker-Keshick. It's good to know that there are still a few people carrying on some of these traditions. Hi Cat - Thanks for leaving a note. Yes, the box sure is a treasure. Thanks for the info on Yvonne Walker-Keshick. It’s good to know that there are still a few people carrying on some of these traditions.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-71010 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:42:27 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-71010 Thank you for sharing your wonderful story and what a treasure your Dad purchased as a gift to his mother. I love detailed work and it inspires me. If your want to see some amazing quillwork please check out Yvonne Walker-Keshick, she is an elder living in Michigan and offers Porcupine Quill Box workshops out of "Cycling Salamander Art Gallery" in Charlevoix, Michigan. Her work is phenomenal!! Thanks again for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful story and what a treasure your Dad purchased as a gift to his mother. I love detailed work and it inspires me. If your want to see some amazing quillwork please check out Yvonne Walker-Keshick, she is an elder living in Michigan and offers Porcupine Quill Box workshops out of “Cycling Salamander Art Gallery” in Charlevoix, Michigan. Her work is phenomenal!!
Thanks again for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-43420 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:13:00 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-43420 Judy - How interesting! Let me know how the box turns out when finished. I've sometimes thought of trying to make one, but they certainly seem like a lot of work. It wouldn't be difficult to find a roadkilled porcupine, but I'm sure it takes *a lot* of hard work to prepare the quills and make the birchbark box before even getting to the quillwork!! Judy - How interesting! Let me know how the box turns out when finished. I’ve sometimes thought of trying to make one, but they certainly seem like a lot of work. It wouldn’t be difficult to find a roadkilled porcupine, but I’m sure it takes *a lot* of hard work to prepare the quills and make the birchbark box before even getting to the quillwork!!

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-43376 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:49:42 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-43376 Great picture and good information. I have recently become interested in learning how to make thses boxes. So far I have procured a dead porcupine and plucked it. Even that was very time consuming as it took about 12 hours. I now need to get the birch bark which can be gather in May. Great picture and good information. I have recently become interested in learning how to make thses boxes. So far I have procured a dead porcupine and plucked it. Even that was very time consuming as it took about 12 hours. I now need to get the birch bark which can be gather in May.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-33062 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:09:36 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/22/porcupine-quill-box/#comment-33062 In spring of 1974, while traveling from Massachusetts to Washington State via the Trans-Canada Highway, I bought a birch bark, sweetgrass and porcupine quill potholder for my mother. Thanks for the reminder. We must have been traveling through Ontario when I bought that. I don't know what happened to the potholder after my mother died in 1994. I can still remember how good the sweetgrass smelled with a teapot sitting on it. Thanks for all the wonderful links! In spring of 1974, while traveling from Massachusetts to Washington State via the Trans-Canada Highway, I bought a birch bark, sweetgrass and porcupine quill potholder for my mother. Thanks for the reminder. We must have been traveling through Ontario when I bought that. I don’t know what happened to the potholder after my mother died in 1994. I can still remember how good the sweetgrass smelled with a teapot sitting on it. Thanks for all the wonderful links!

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