Baskets made of birch bark, paneled, folded, stitched, wrapped or plaited.
Birchbark Canoe: Living Among the Algonquin
by David Gidmark
Learn about the history and culture surrounding the use of birch bark
canoes from someone who makes and teaches canoe building.
Paperback.
Basket
#932
Dona Look of Algoma, Wisconsin, USA created this basket of birch bark and silk
thread; sewn and wrapped.
Dona Look
Birch bark basketmaker from Wisconsin uses white birch bark to create sculptural
plaited, paneled and stitched baskets that have a classical, yet contemporary
feel. Dona recently participated in
Craft in America (book)
and is a featured artist in
500 Baskets.
Celebrating Birch The Lore, Art, and Craft of an Ancient Tree
by The North House Folk School
Learn about how birch is used in baskets, shoes, and wood
coverings. Readers can also make more than 15 craft projects from
instructions in the book, including folded bark baskets, carved
ornaments and turned wooden bowls
Lyudmila
Savina
Supervisor of the Birch Bark studio of Petrozavodsk State University plaits basketry forms
in a wide array of shapes both functional and fanciful.
Mille Lacs Indian
Museum
This museum and trading post focusing on northern Minnesota's Mille Lacs Band of
Ojibwe Indians. They offers history and cultural events at their location in
Onamia, MN. Birch Bark, Black ash and Sweetgrass basketry workshops are
frequently offered in their educational programs calendar.
Birch Basket Basket Making
by Minnie Aliitchak Gray
The process of making a sewn birch bark container with a laced withie
rim is described in step-by-step detailed descriptions in both Iñupiaq
and English. The text is supplemented with photographs by Elder, Minnie
Qapviatchialuk Aliitchak Gray of Ambler, Alaska.
Birch Bark Basketry Workshops
North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN (in the Arrowhead region of
northeastern Minnesota) offers frequent instructional workshops and other
programs about birch bark, pine needle and Black ash basketry.
Birch Bark Basketry
Supplies
Find the birch bark basketmaking supplies you need. Sources listed for white and
silver birch bark sheets by the ounce and by the square foot.
