Rustic Raven On Inner Birch Bark Door Hanger

A small luxury you can provide for your guests, an emergency bookmark. A digital recreation of a simple Raven (Corvus corax) image formed by carefully scraping off the reddish outer surface on the reverse side of birch bark to reveal the lighter, yellowish layer beneath. This is a traditional craft among Native Americans/First Nations across the northern United States and Canada. Text reading, "For Our Guests" and " EMERGENCY BOOKMARK" also appears. I do not claim to be a Native artist. Having lived in the North much of my life I appreciate the many uses of the Birch (Betula spp.) and find the technique simulated on this image to be very beautiful.