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, ...
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 ...
During the Dene Quill Art project, two Athabascan artists and an ethnographic conservator shared quillwork techniques and develop new ones by studying historic museum objects. They shared their ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2010. Principal faculty advisor: Vicki Cassman, Dept. of Art Conservation. Summary "This is a technical study of pre-1856 Eastern Woodlands quillwork dyes, ...