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| 12" Drum
Maple frame with deer rawhide. The tassels are made from the tail fur of the same deer that kindly provided the drum skin. |
Mitts - Coyote Trim
The beading is glass seed beads and the trim is coyote. The mitts themselves are actually commercially available work mitts. I just modified them to get this effect. The mitts are of a fair quality and I couldn't buy leather as cheap as I bought these mitts with liners. |
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| Mitts - Tan
Another store-bought set of mitts, this time with fur, beads and fringe added. |
Dream Catcher
This dream catcher is trimmed with rabbit fur and adorned with porcupine needles and porcupine fur tassels. |
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| Cow parsnip Whistles
Simple whistles using dried cow parsnips stalks. |
Porcupine Fur
This is fur from the belly of road kill porcupine that was originally picked up for the quills. The pelt was tanned with an egg and oil mixture. |
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| Medicine Pouch
Beaded to represent the four directions. The leather comes from an old and ripped leather coat that I picked up from a thrift store. |
Willow Doll
A simple craft and a good one for kids. Made from red osier dogwood - a willow. Split and formed while still green. |
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| Dream Catcher
Made from leather reclaimed from a 'mini-skirt'. These make for reasonable 'crafting' leather at a good price. |
Dream Catcher
Another recycled leather source. The tassels are made from the black tips of whitetail deer tail. |
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| Beaded Moc Toe Plug
A glass seed bead design destined for a pair of moccasins. The leather is smoke tanned elk. |
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| Portable Chair
This is an old design for a portable chair supposedly used by trappers and mountain men. It is made of two pieces as shown on the left. The seat board is inserted into the backrest to form the chair. Our grandkids decorated this chair for us. |
This chair back was made from a sawmill slab. |