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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Hillbilly on June 12, 2007, 11:10:57 pm

Title: Playing with bark
Post by: Hillbilly on June 12, 2007, 11:10:57 pm

Made these handy little containers from tulip poplar bark. The one on the left is stitched together with basswood inner bark, and the right one with hickory inner bark.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/hillbillync/Other%20Stuff/barkcontainers.jpg)

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on June 12, 2007, 11:13:29 pm

............."KUELL!"...bob

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: Pat B on June 13, 2007, 12:35:45 am

You been eyeballing Barry's stuff. ;)  This is poplar bark building time in the mountains, isn't it?   Pat

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: koan on June 13, 2007, 12:46:31 am

Sweet!....Brian

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 13, 2007, 01:21:50 am

It looks great.  Those dang poplars have got to be good for something besides attracting caterpillars.  ;D Marc St Louis sent me some birch bark with the staves he sent the other day. I might keep it forever because I cant decide what to make with it.  Its like being a kid in a candy store with only $1.  You want everything but have to choose.  :'( Justin

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on June 13, 2007, 01:25:25 am

    Hey steve just dawned on me-duh ! I got sometin' that will go just "peachy keen" with that ! At least I think it will. Will post pic tomorrow..........bob

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: jamie on June 13, 2007, 05:42:12 am

very cool. steve get a chinese food container and open it completly up for a pattern. and try to duplicate it with the poplar bark. we make em with elm , pine and a couple of birch but the birch cracks some time. i love bark baskets

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: Pappy on June 13, 2007, 06:03:14 am

Cool packs Hillbilly.
   Pappy

Title: Re: Playing with bark
Post by: Hillbilly on June 13, 2007, 07:50:45 am

Thanks, guys. Pat, maybe Barry's been eying my stuff ;D Jamie, I'll have to try that. Be good to carry my General Tso's Groundhog around in ;D