Creating Quillwork 6 (of 8): Weaving

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 expertise with students, conservators and museum visitors. These educational videos provide detailed demonstrations of how to work with quill from cleaning and dying, to sewing, wrapping folding and weaving.
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