Weaved milkweed fibers pouch wind tell

[iowabow]

Pouch for holding seeds and pod

[iowabow]

This was made from fibers left over from the bowstring project. The fibers were dyed in berry wine i made this summer as a dye. I dyed the thread and served it on the fringe and rim. The idea was to make a pouch to hold the seed fibers. These seed will be dropped to determine wind drection and current while hunting.

[Adam]

Great idea!  I like using the fibers for wind direction too, but I've been using an old film canister (remember those?) with a hole drilled in the bottom and a pin on the back.  It was functional, but what you've got there is way better.  After all, I like to look the part, at least until someone sees me shoot!  Thanks for sharing.

[Josh]

that looks awesome!  great work. 

[YosemiteBen]

Very nice job on the cordage.  It will be a good milkweed and dogbane season this year if the rains hold off. There is a lot of both. I might have to make some pouches like that for the Indian Musuem Gift Shop.

[TRACY]

Very cool John. That would be a great pouch for keeping spare stone points


Tracy

[swamp yeti]

Love those bags out of dogbane,poplar bark,basswood and paw paw cordadge,very nlce.

[iowabow]

Ya I have way more respect for this kinda stuff now that I have made some stuff. I am going label my art work as a movement called  "connectionism" because of the understanding and origin of materials used in a computer age.

[Pappy]

Very cool pouch John,you got lots of  patients and talent and it shows in your work
   Pappy

[iowabow]

Thanks Pappy! Funny thing this little pouch has more fibers per inch than the milkweed string I made.

[Stringman]

Nice job on that little bag! Cattail down also works well as wind indicators.