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How To Do This From Birch Bark? Handmade
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How To Do This From Birch Bark? Handmade

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Hello everyone, today I want to share with you my work, I will try to tell you how I did this birch bark product. I want to note that each birch bark product made by me is truly unique.

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    Stage 1

    In order to make this birch bark product I needed birch bark which was prepared in advance. Harvesting takes a certain period of time, when the birch gives the juice. There is a sign : when the wild rose bloomed and withered dandelion. Time to go.

    Stage 2

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    So we have prepared the birch bark, choose the one that we need. I chose the suitable 2 sheets, in the craft they are called “shirt”, the outer shirt its size is 35.5 cm and the inner shirt is 34.7 cm, the one with less build – up and will be the outer part of the product.

    Stage 3

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    I need two shirts to collect the cylinder. For this I make a “castle” I need a chisel for wood, then clean the growths on the bark.

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    I clean the growths on the birch bark

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    Stage 4

    The inner shirt is going face-to-face inside

    Assembly

    Ready!

    Stage 5

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    Cut out of the tree cover and the bottom

    Stage 6

    Top and bottom I need to make a “belt”

    Stage 7

    I disassemble, and on the front side (outer shirt) come up with an ornament, for this I need tools for embossing, which previously did himself. We draw, measure, come up with a picture in my head.

    Stage 8

    It worked! Next, we need to highlight the picture, use artistic paint. Wipe it, put it back together. And here’s result.

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    result

    Stage 9

    Make holes for plating, use a homemade from an old pair of pliers a flat punch.

    Stage 10

    I cut the tape width of 0.5 cm, sheathed, Refine the lid, make a pen and that’s what we got!

    Finish

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