Many of the participants at Week in the Woods (http://weekinthewoods.org/) made stools. Each person wove a unique seat for their stool out of birch bark strips. These techniques could also be used to make or repair the seats and backs of chairs.
Almost all of the pictures in this Instructable were taken by Alex Kamerling.
Almost all of the pictures in this Instructable were taken by Alex Kamerling.
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The materials needed for this project include a chair, hammer, tacks, scissors, soft wax, and birch bark strips. Refer to the Instructable Harvesting Birch Bark (http://www.instructables.com/id/Harvesting-Birch-Bark/) for instructions on how to collect and strip birch bark.
The strips need to be about a foot longer than the width of the chair. The combined width of all of the strips needs to be at least twice the width of the chair.
The strips need to be about a foot longer than the width of the chair. The combined width of all of the strips needs to be at least twice the width of the chair.
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zaronas
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Jul 31, 2012. 2:03 PMReply
this is pretty awesome, but i have one question could yo use other types of barks or would they not work as well?
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Boreal House (author)
in reply to Jul 31, 2012. 7:42 PMReplyYou are welcome to try any type of bark. The benefit of birch bark is that it can be harvested without killing the tree.
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Penolopy Bulnick
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Jul 31, 2012. 10:08 AMReplyThat is really cool! I love the look of birch bark. Do you think it would be pretty easy to replace strips if you needed to?
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Boreal House (author)
in reply to Jul 31, 2012. 10:30 AMReplyWhen the time came to replace one strip, it might be worth re-weaving the whole seat.
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