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Using products mostly on-hand from the forest, Algonquin tribes such as the Chippewa engraved small sheets of folded birch bark with their teeth to achieve symmetrical designs.
It was truly a magical moment for young and old when the bark was unfolded and held against the light to highlight the perforated patterns.
Birch bark was gathered in the Spring.
A peeling process reduced it down to very thin pieces.
Incisions were made with teeth, biting the leaves, while they were still fresh.
The various folding processes determined the design configurations.
Original and symmetrical designs were achieved, and shadowed effects were achieved by regulating the intensity of the bite.
It is an example of an “art of arts”; both young and old got much pleasure out of it and never copied the subject.
