In addition to their natural purpose of deterring predators, porcupine quills can also be used to make art. On May 20, the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center will hold a quillwork workshop, ...
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DENVER—The death of a much-loved North American porcupine last month at the Denver Zoo had an unexpectedly happy ending. When the zoo announced the passing of Quill the porcupine on its social media, ...
Christine Toulouse remembers holding a warm cup of tea as her mother and grandmother first taught her how to pluck a porcupine. The trio sat on the front porch of her mother's home in Sagamok ...
A faint smell of smoke-tanned moose hide wafted through a workroom at the Anchorage Museum as pots of dyes simmered on heaters. Small piles of porcupine quills, small handmade looms, pieces of moose ...
Since he was around 10 years old, artist Joe Big Mountain—who is Mohawk, Cree, and Comanche—has been drawn to working with porcupine quills. Today, he makes one-of-a-kind statement quillwork earrings ...
"A story of Sioux porcupine quilling, past and present."--Container. Explores the spiritual origins of porcupine quillwork through the legend of Double Woman, who brought the art from the spirit world ...