Coming to the Shop this Friday!
12/18/2015
The Exquisite Birch collection has been harvested in a meaningful way, literally from my backyard. Sustaining in unforgiving climates, the birch tree is a natural pioneer in the Great Lakes Region. The high-shine, lightweight collection is simply exquisite. The coating that incases the Birch Bark, acts like a sap preserving the bark. The material inside is raw and sealed in an amber-like casing. The silvery white bark gives a striking appearance on the outside. The inside of the bark is a deep peach color. Both the front and the back tell different stories of the tree's personal existence, like a finger print. Preserving a natural history and like the layers that build the Birch tree the bark speaks a beautiful truth.
Shop the collection this Friday and make sure to get your order in asap, to ensure your pair is delivered right in time for Christmas! Local Pick up is available too!
Shop the collection this Friday and make sure to get your order in asap, to ensure your pair is delivered right in time for Christmas! Local Pick up is available too!
Both the front and the back are equally Exquisite. |
Long Pendant Earrings
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Short Pendant Earrings
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Circle Drop Earrings
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Historically, Birch or Wiigwaas, has been possibly the most important trees to many indigenous people across the northern latitudes around the world. The Birch Bark has always been an important aspect of Native American life. The Ojibwe people and other Great Lakes Region tribes, specifically, have been handling this lovely material long before the arrival of Europeans.
The bark is extremely water resistant. Used to fashioned special lightweight canoes as well as all manner of domestic items such as pots for collecting sap, or cribs to carry babies, shoes, lampshades and even toys from this versatile bark.
In youth, the papery bark peels off easily. It is thin, yet tough, and has in fact been used as paper in the past. As the tree grows older the bark begins to form a layer of cork that provides excellent insulation and protects the tree against the cold. The bark does not have to be harvested from live trees. Because of the remarkable preservative properties of birch bark, it can be harvested from dead or fallen trees.
The bark is extremely water resistant. Used to fashioned special lightweight canoes as well as all manner of domestic items such as pots for collecting sap, or cribs to carry babies, shoes, lampshades and even toys from this versatile bark.
In youth, the papery bark peels off easily. It is thin, yet tough, and has in fact been used as paper in the past. As the tree grows older the bark begins to form a layer of cork that provides excellent insulation and protects the tree against the cold. The bark does not have to be harvested from live trees. Because of the remarkable preservative properties of birch bark, it can be harvested from dead or fallen trees.
Exquisite Birch coming soon!!
Thank you!
Thank you!
