Vertebrae bone shape cut out of birchbark, combined with plastic shapes all tied together with coiled brass wire.
Neckpiece is a large diameter choker made of 20 ga silver wire, partially coiled with brass wire.
Birchbark and Plastic Necklace "Facts of Life" Series
SKU: 9
C$120.00Price
The birchbark harvest happens mostly in the spring when the sap has started flowing through the trees again after resting in the roots for the winter. I carefully cut into the tree only deep enough to pull off a square piece no thicker than 1/8 of an inch and only partially around the trunk in order to preserve the tree's protective layer of inner bark. That way it can recover in good time and won't experience any lasting damage.