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.

From generation to generation: Ottawa artist shares porcupine quillwork heritage
A woman holds a quillwork artpiece, with porcuping quills woven into birch bark.

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.