About

Woodland Crow Leather was established in winter 2014. Founder Ayanna I. Proctor (b. 1993) is an enrolled Piscataway, Turtle Clan with Susquehanna ancestry. A deeply rooted belonging to the wilderness stems from her Eastern Woodland heritage. Working with and around the same materials that her ancestors regularly used (i.e., fire, bone, wood, smoked animal hides, plants, shells, etc.), often triggers an inclination to create. Other inspirations are derived from a past of living in New England and trekking through the wilds of its great North Woods, as well as time spent as a youth traversing the forested Shenandoah Valley. Ayanna is a quillworker, freelance illustrator and pre-contact living history interpreter. She practices traditional woodland farming, hide tanning, wild-crafting and other traditional skills. Her award-winning quillwork has been featured in galleries and museums throughout the U.S., Canada & Europe.