From generation to generation: Ottawa artist shares porcupine quillwork heritage
Quillwork artist Christine Toulouse says she builds community by sharing the artistic teachings of her mother and grandmother, who taught her to weave porcupine quills through birch bark.
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![Quillwork artist Christine Toulouse displays one her recent works, made with dyed porcupine quills woven through birch bark. A woman holds a quillwork artpiece, with porcuping quills woven into birch bark.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7130100.1709241637!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/christine-toulouse-quillwork-portrait.jpg)
Quillwork artist Christine Toulouse says she builds community by sharing the artistic teachings of her mother and grandmother, who taught her to weave porcupine quills through birch bark.