Birch bark containers?

[spiritofold]

Hiya

Do any of you know of any good instructions/diagrams for making birch bark containers?

Cheers!

Andy

 

[Lush]

A search will bring up a lot of info:
birch bark containers

 

[spiritofold]

Yep, done that before i posted the question.

It brings up a few good pics, but not a great deal about how its done. Nevermind, im sure i'll work it out.....

 

[clcuckow]

have you tried the ones in the articles section?

or

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31204

or

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/DIY/Tinder-Container-Tutorial.html

 

[mace242]

There is quite a lot on barkcraft in 'Wildwood Wisdom' by Ellsworth Jaeger. A great book to have anyway.

 

[Mike Ameling]

And Eric Methven posted a tutorial on making bark containers. I don't remember if he posted it here, but he did post it over on his Mountainman forum.

http://www.mountainmanuk.yuku.com/

The Society of Primitive Technology has a number of articles on birch bark in their newsletter. And second book of collections of those articles has a chapter on Containers - including working with bark.

Primitive Technology II
Ancestral Skills
isbn 1-58685-098-9

Hope this helps.

Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands

 

[spiritofold]

Excellent, thanks!

The tinder container tutorial is the kind of thing im after, im aiming to make something larger though. That info clues me up more though!!

Cheers gents

Andy >>>>>--------------------------------<>

 

[clcuckow]

And Eric Methven posted a tutorial on making bark containers. I don't remember if he posted it here, but he did post it over on his Mountainman forum.

http://www.mountainmanuk.yuku.com/

The Society of Primitive Technology has a number of articles on birch bark in their newsletter. And second book of collections of those articles has a chapter on Containers - including working with bark.

Primitive Technology II
Ancestral Skills
isbn 1-58685-098-9

Hope this helps.

Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands

It's the first link I posted.

 

[Harmony]

Andy,

I have a shop full of birch bark and work with it a lot.

If you do a search for "tine boxes" you will see some of my work and a tutorial on making boxes.

The thing to remember when working with birch bark is soak it in WARM water. If you soak it in hot or boiling water it will separate.

Use your imagination and you can make all kinds of containers. Make sure you share pictures with us.

Harmony