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Willow Deer Education
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Welcome to Willow Deer Education! This channel is here to help you learn how to make arts and ornaments of our ancient ancestors using only the tools and materials they had available to them from the Natural World.
Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn to take raw materials, make your own stone and bone tools to carve, shape and drill to make beads, jewelry, ornaments, pigments, paints, binders, brushes, string, containers and much more.
As important as HOW, you will gain an understanding of WHY these ancient peoples created the items they did. In the ancient world, everything was art and was imbued with the spirit and intent of its maker. I will also share the science, physics and latest scholarly reports of the tools, skills and materials being used.
Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn to take raw materials, make your own stone and bone tools to carve, shape and drill to make beads, jewelry, ornaments, pigments, paints, binders, brushes, string, containers and much more.
As important as HOW, you will gain an understanding of WHY these ancient peoples created the items they did. In the ancient world, everything was art and was imbued with the spirit and intent of its maker. I will also share the science, physics and latest scholarly reports of the tools, skills and materials being used.
Willow Deer Education, Explorations in Ancient Arts
Welcome to Willow Deer Education! This channel is here to help you learn how to make arts and ornaments of our ancient ancestors using only the tools and materials they had available to them from the Natural World.
Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn to take raw materials, make your own stone and bone tools to carve, shape and drill to make beads, jewelry, ornaments, pigments, paints, binders, brushes, string, containers and much more.
As important as HOW, you will gain an understanding of WHY these ancient peoples created the items they did. In the ancient world, everything was art and was imbued with the spirit and intent of its maker. I will also share the science, physics and latest scholarly reports of the tools, skills and materials being used.
These hunter / gatherer ancestors created their culture based on the resources found in their bioregion, traditional environmental knowledge and using the skills that were passed down from earlier generations. All culture is local.
If this channel sound like it may be valuable to you, please hit that SUBSCRIBE button and I will look forward to hearing from you in the comments!
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Chuck is a primitive skills specialist with 30 years experience teaching and experimenting with ancient tools and materials. He has replicated items for museums and museum exhibits and has taught students of all ages while being on staff at a regional Indian Museum in Northern California.
Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn to take raw materials, make your own stone and bone tools to carve, shape and drill to make beads, jewelry, ornaments, pigments, paints, binders, brushes, string, containers and much more.
As important as HOW, you will gain an understanding of WHY these ancient peoples created the items they did. In the ancient world, everything was art and was imbued with the spirit and intent of its maker. I will also share the science, physics and latest scholarly reports of the tools, skills and materials being used.
These hunter / gatherer ancestors created their culture based on the resources found in their bioregion, traditional environmental knowledge and using the skills that were passed down from earlier generations. All culture is local.
If this channel sound like it may be valuable to you, please hit that SUBSCRIBE button and I will look forward to hearing from you in the comments!
Also follow me at:
WillowDeerEducation@Facebook
Willowdeereducation@IG
-About-
Chuck is a primitive skills specialist with 30 years experience teaching and experimenting with ancient tools and materials. He has replicated items for museums and museum exhibits and has taught students of all ages while being on staff at a regional Indian Museum in Northern California.
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Lets make a Bone Whistle! Details on how to make a bone whistle with only materials from nature.
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Welcome to Willow Deer Education! This channel is here to help you learn how to make arts and ornaments of our ancient ancestors using only the tools and materials they had available to them from the Natural World. This tutorial will teach you the techniques of how to cut and drill bone using only stone tools and can be used to make bone whistles, flutes, tubes for blowing pigment and bone bead...
Willow Deer Education, Explorations in Ancient Arts
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Welcome to Willow Deer Education! This channel is here to help you learn how to make arts and ornaments of our ancient ancestors using only the tools and materials they had available to them from the Natural World. Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn to t...
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Welcome to Willow Deer Education! This channel is here to help you learn how to make the arts and ornaments of our ancient ancestors using only the tools and materials they had available to them from the Natural World. Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn ...
Lets Make a Willow Deer!
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Welcome to Willow Deer Education! This channel is here to help you learn how to make arts and ornaments of our ancient ancestors using only the tools and materials they had available to them from the Natural World. Experience the thrill of making a beautiful and unique art object just using these new skills and raw materials from Nature! These are more than just art lessons. You will learn to t...
Using a flint flake, if available, would cut the hole more efficiently. This is an excellent lesson in making a whistle.
Thanks for your comments! Yes a flint flake would be more efficient and a carefully shaped drill even better. I try to show the casual viewer what can be done with stones they might have around them without the benefit of having a lithics background. Upcoming videos will show more advanced lithic tool production. Best, Chuck
What about using modern tools and other items?😊
Yes, modern tools can make it much easier and more exact in many instances. but I strive to teach how all of the same processes were accomplished before the advent of modern steel, bronze or copper tools. When we we all truly atempt to "rewild" ourseleves into a naurela setting, we run the risk of not succeeding in our orgin l
ash from the fire would work.
Great Idea! With water the ash would mix with the marrow and make a rudimentary soap. With the right combination it would completely de-grease the bone. Thanks for the insight!
I would use a saw.
does willow deer still sell bird bones for making whistles--I can't find your sales pages: please advise
Great teaching ! Thank you
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I have an owl bones. Will this work with 🦉 bone? Owl wing bone
As long as it is hollow and fairly straight it should work fine. FYI, Owl bones (as all but game birds such as ducks, geese and turkeys )are protected and technically illegal to use, but I come across bird remains of all sorts. I usually end up sharing them with Native Friends who can use them in their ceremonial work. Good luck on your whistle.
@@charleskritzon9359 yhank you sir. And I know about the law. I'm native from Fort Belknap rez in Montana. Thank you for the heads up tho friend. 🙏
@ValerieLaChicaLegendaria I support using any wild animal parts that have died of natural causes, but understand the need to protect birds from unscrupulous hunters and those hoping to make a quick buck off of killing and selling bird parts and feathers for profit. If it is naturally deceased or predated and I find usable parts I find nothing wrong in using these parts for personal or spiritual purposes. As long as it is not resold in any manner, I support the recycling of natural materials if done in a respectful manner.
Hello I made a whistle following these steps. The initial blow makes the whistle sing well but when I blow more air to hit a higher note the whistle softens. What could be the issue?
The diameter of the bone and the length from the hole to the end of the whistle has everything to do with tone of the whistle. Blowing harder can introduce a doubling effect that creates a higher pitch in the whistle. The oscillation of the air inside the whistle is the ultimate driver of the output of the sound that occurred. Thanks for watching the video and I am so glad you where successful in making a bone whistle on your own.
Hi there, This video is excellent. I am wondering if you can advise me on a hide that I have. I washed it and then froze it while it was wet, before stretching. Do you advise any way to thaw it and stretch it to preserve the fur?
How do you blow the whistle?
Simply put the end of the whistle up to your lips and blow air steadily through the whistle. All whistles are different, some require only a little blowing some can withstand a greater amount of air through them and can make a very loud sound. It works the same way as any other whistle. Good luck!
I hope you are alright and doing well, it has been a while since you posted. Please continue this series of videos! I love the info and your style of explaining the stuff!
Thank you. Very thorough and and methodical.
Thanks Bert, I tried to make the process as clear as possible so that those who watched it were successful in making their own whistles.
This is a great video. I've had a few failed attempts at bone whistles. Thanks for the tips
Hi Cliff, I am pleased you found it useful! Good luck with your future whistle making attempts.
I actually got two to work over the weekend. It was one I carved out of a cherry branch but it was my first working whistle. The other was the end of a buffalo horn. On to the bones.
graet video! i have watched it many time and every time im learning somthing new! thanks!!
I am pleased you have learned from this video! I hope you can now make whistles of your own from what you have learned. Thanks for your positive comments.
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Will you be doing this on UA-cam?
Greetings, Yes this winter I will put together a series of videos diving deep into all the individual aspects of creating a painted cave. I will cover pigment gathering and processing, making brushes with animal and plant materials, what kind of binding agents to use for different applications and materials being painted, how to spray pigment from your mouth using a hollow bone or cane tube and how to make and use fat lamps. I had planned on making these sooner but having to make a living got in the way! Thanks for reaching out. Knowing people like yourself are interested in these topics keeping me motivated to produce more content.
@@petroglyphics Awesome, thanks for sharing
This is very good video. If you show how to blow the whistle and make sound in the video, this will be a perfect educational video!!! For example, you mark one end. The the viewer know which end you blow. For example. How you put your mouth on the end of the bone.
Awesome!, Thank you!
Great video C.K. I've tried this before without luck, but having watched the video, I'm wondering if there may not have been a bit of bone fleck on the inside of the hole. Time to see if the insects have finished their work on that poor roadkill turkey I found. Would a flute or recorder style instrument be pretty much the same, just adding the additional holes?
Thanks! Yes making a flute or recorder is exactly the same. Also, adding the wax to make the ramp will help almost any whistle work, and make sure the holw does not wrap around the sides to much, that will keep it from working even with the ramp under the hole. Good luck and let me know how it goes! The oldest musical instrument identified is a flute made from a vulture wing bone that was 40,000 years old and MANY other partial flutes and whistles have been found in Paleolithic sites. Dont forget to make bone beads from the radius bones!
Really excited about this channel! Can’t wait for more videos!
Thanks Bradley! We are hard at work putting together the first in-depth video making bone and cane whistles with pre-production on many many more! Please check out previous similar content on @ckritzon on Instagram and the Willow Deer Education page on Facebook. It will give you an idea of the many topics we are going to delve into in detail. Thanks for your encouragement!
Hi Bradley, The first video is up! Hope you like it, much more coming!