Birch bark pots i made....

[spiritofold]

Heres a few of the pots i made from birch bark. I've made about ten so far, practice makes perfect!

They are by no means perfected yet, its fun making them though. Local birch, pine pitch resin and nettle string. Used a needle made from hawthorn to do the sewing.

Im hoping to do a tutorial if anyones interested?

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

 

[Ian_The Outdoor Life]

cool ,there pretty good
im going to try something like this one day

Ian

 

[Harmony]

Like to see how you made those. A tutorial would be great.

Harmony

 

[scanker]

Very, very nice. You must be pleased with those.

 

[eraaij]

very nice - a tutorial would be great.

-Emile

 

[Nelis]

Hi Folks,

Love the containers, a tutorial would be nice....


If you do, can you include the way to get the bark from the wood efficently, and how to make it workable ?

Have read somethings about this, but haven't been able to get a workable piece of birchbark yet....

 

[Dexter]

Those look great. A tutorial would be fantastic and I agree with Nelis about having a guide to getting a working piece of bark. Every time I have tried I have failed.

 

[Pignut]

great a tutorial would be great!

 

[andyn]

Nice work Andy.

 

[chris7273]

great a tutorial would be great!

This would be really nice and useful. Give it a go !

 

[spiritofold]

Ok, i'll see what i can do. I know someone else on here is planning a tutorial as well, so i dont want to steal anyones fire I have no problem sharing about how to gather birch bark though. To be honest, the first several tries i had over the years failed. Im lucky that where i live has lots of forest and woods, so theres plenty of fallen birch, so i got lots of practice. I'll get my missus to take loads of pics the next time we go out and i'll put the results on here. Im by no means an expert, so expect rough and ready

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

 

[g4ghb]

Ace!

I wouldn't worry about stealing anyone's fire - there are plenty of ways to skin a cat (and sew it back together again) so the more the merry I say!

 

[spiritofold]

I'll see what i can put together then. I'd still be interested to see how others make their pots though!

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

 

[andyn]

Hi Andy,

If it is my tutorial you are refering to then certainly don't worry about that. As Graham says many a way to skin a cat etc.

Look forward to seeing/reading it.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Very Nice. Some good work there.

 

[IntrepidStu]

Nice!!! Cant wait for the tutorial!!!

Stu.

 

[Rosco]

I think they're great too.Looks like the requests for a tutorial have reached a critical mass, so good luck with it! Thanks for sharing and look forward to seeing more of your work.
Cheers John

 

[spiritofold]

I'll be doing a couple of bits detailing bark collection and then making the pots. It gets quite addictive making them.

 

[jamie18thmo]

Great pots mate!
I'd really like to see a tutorial.
Cheers,
J

 

[edispilff]

I've got to give you credit for those!.. Very nice work from this angle. Would love to see a tutorial on how you do those... got a grove of aspens waiting for the winter harvest!