Porcupine Quill Decorated Birch Bark Trinket Box Trillium Flower 1
Christine Okerlund
- Savvy Price $120.00
- Gallery Price $165.00
- Title
- Porcupine Quill Decorated Birch Bark Trinket Box Trillium Flower 1
- Artist
- Christine Okerlund
- Medium
- Natural birth bark, dyed porcupine quills, sweet grass and cotton thread
- Size
- 1 3/4" height X 3" diameter
- Signed
- "Christine Okerlund 11/00" signed bottom
- Date of creation
- November 2000
- Condition
- Excellent
- Provenance
- Ama Va
- About The Porcupine Quill Decorated Birch Bark Trinket Box Trillium Flower 1
Okerlund preferred using quills from "road kill" porcupines or else otherwise deceased quill donors.
She commented "A trillium is a flower very abundant in our woods. It comes out in the spring white and then turns pink. Before it dies, it's a purple color."
Less than 2 minute Youtube featuring Christine explaining her process.
- About Christine Okerlund
- (1943-2022, Ojibwe) Taught to make porcupine quill baskets from Debbie Hatch, an Ojibwe woman from Sault St. Marie, Christine had previously undertaken embroidery projects.Considered a master quill basket maker, Okerlund received seven grants from the Wisconsin Arts Board to teach apprentices how to make birch bark baskets with quill designs.
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