I've made so many ventures into art and food involving harvesting and processing resources I get from nature around me, but none of them ever seem to work out. I'm in the midatlantic US and I see beautiful things to work with all the time but I feel I get discouraged easily. I personally have struggled with processing dogbane, getting pulp from rosehips, and learning what to use and how to weave or lash. I've had a good deal of success with foraging though! What kinds of things have you all been struggling with? Maybe we can help each other :)
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Wren@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 175d
I struggle with weaving natural fibres, too. I don't know if it's my lack of patience or I just haven't practiced enough, but all my weaving projects fall apart or look like crap.
I did, however, just learn about sewing birchbark boxes with very simple methods, and I have a ton of paper birch around me. Maybe I can get my natural fibre fix that way.
WeevilFriend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 175d
Do you mean using the paper as the panels of the box? That sounds cool!
Wren@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 175d
Yep! I just posted another article here on it.
WeevilFriend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 175d
I'm super excited to see if that turns out well :)