When Charlie Mayo has worries or problems, he makes a basket. "It's a very calming thing," he said. "And when I finish it, what I was concerned about doesn't seem that big anymore. In a way it's kind ...

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In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into beautiful objects. “I ...

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ASIKKALA (FINLAND) - In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into ...

Yukon's Adäka Cultural Festival gets underway on Friday evening, with dozens of visual artists, artisans, and performers scheduled to take part in the seven-day event. "Everything from birch bark ...

The bark of white birch is the traditional sheath material of Scandinavia. The method described in this chapter is a slick way to make a quickie sheath for anything: knife, scissors, chisel, or ...

"I started practising at the age of 10. You could say that for 77 years I've been fiddling with birch bark," Pekkarinen tells AFP. While wood is generally perceived as a robust and inflexible material ...