Sentences with phrase «porcupine quills»

Many pieces are cast from organic items with a build - up wax technique (learn more about the process here), which allows Mary Frances to create beautifully detailed jewelry from otherwise overlooked items in nature like porcupine quills and birch bark.

A wolf becomes a Fenrir - like giant with porcupine quills and the abilities of a squirrel glider.

In the quest to develop better ways of sealing wounds, scientists have created adhesives inspired by porcupine quills, mussels and slugs.

From key chains made with turtle hands and rabbit feet, to bear and moose bone tie slides, to bracelets made from porcupine quills, anything is fair game — as long as it can be picked up off a carcass from the side of a highway.

Raqib Shaw discusses working in silence, the perks of porcupine quills, and how his native Kashmir inspired his love of detail

Staff will put on demonstrations with historical significance from leather - working to harvesting porcupine quills to make baskets, he said.

A Floyd resident discovered her pet cat cornered in her garage by a raccoon that had porcupine quills imbedded in its face and body.

All mammals have hair at some point in their lives, be it the fuzz on a newborn whale, a shield of hard porcupine quills or your long locks.

From antique porcupine quill boxes to classic blue and white pottery, the combination of these traditional accessories with the more glamorous, modern finishes make for a compelling design.

It causes them to grow to an enormous size, act out aggressively and take on the genetic qualities of other animals, like rapid cell regeneration, or exploding porcupine quills, or, you know, flying.

Emergencies can be things such as porcupine quills, hit by car, and chocolate ingestion.

Other helpful items for your kit might be needle - nose pliers to remove porcupine quills or other items stuck in the mouth or throat, sanitary napkins to help stop heavy blood flow, and towels.

Then, using porcupine quills for their precise point and flexible nature, he applies colorful enamel.

His collage and video works are hallucinations of sorts, incorporating shamanistic elements such as feathers, beads, and porcupine quills onto more traditional paper works such as gouache and ink.

She started out just collecting porcupine quills and making them into beads for cuffs and bracelets for her line called Roadquill.

Using a handloom, she incorporates unexpected materials like porcupine quills, feathers, steel fibers, and bamboo into small abstract compositions, which the artist playfully calls her «minimes.»

And why are eagles getting stuck with porcupine quills?

Dog Suffering from Stomach Ache Caused by Porcupine Quills.

Porcupine quills are as sharp as needles, detach very easily, and will remain embedded in an attacker.

The fine hairs on his body rose up like porcupine quills, virtually pulling his shirt away from his skin.

The practice of shaving dates back to the Stone Age, when things like shark's teeth, porcupine quills and flint knives were commonly used to remove excess hair.

Cases of cat scratch disease have been reported in patients who have been scratched by dogs, goats, squirrels, porcupine quills, crab claws, cactus spines, and barbed wire.

Porcupine quills are not ejected, they simply embed themselves into the dog on contact; undetected quills can then migrate into remote areas much like foxtails do.

This may reveal retained food debris, lodged foreign objects (needles, sticks, bones, porcupine quills, others), tumors, ulcers, inflamed tissue, bleeding tissue, weeping sores and / or other non-healing wounds.

Additional images and information on Circle of Protection (Porcupine Quills) can be seen in the «Sculpture / Installation» section, here.

Installation view of Circle of Protection (Porcupine Quills) with Treasure for Utopians, Token for Utopians, Challenge for Utopians & Community seen in the background.

Image: Jose Alvarez The Progress of Inspiration, 2008 Enamel, gouache, feathers, porcupine quills on mica 72 x 90 inches Courtesy the artist and Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach

A painter, performance artist, and video artist, Alvarez incorporates unique media into his work including feathers, porcupine quills, and crystals.

The porcupine quill lamp shade, the blue and white porcelain vase with blue hydrangea, and the 2 wooden boxes... simplicity is an appealing factor when accessorizing.

And as always, I like to layer in natural patterns and textures like the fur on the chair (love the unexpected combination of the fur on such a traditional chair), the cow hide pillow, wood grain, plants, woven baskets, and that mirror... which is made to look like porcupine quills!