Project Quiver.
Journey begins June 8, 2025!
Our mission, known as Project Quiver, is to travel the world interviewing and photographing 14 to 18 of the most distinguished bow carvers. With each bowyer, we spend several days in his workshop comprehensively capturing his craft and story, with Todd also carving a bow under his guidance. The final product of Project Quiver is a stunning coffee table book known as Quiver: the Art of Life through Bowcraft. This book features in-depth and intimate profiles of each bowyer and his artistry through captivating narratives and beautiful imagery. It also includes images and the historical roots and significance of each bow that Todd carves, a representation of each bowyer's niche as a traditional bow carver.
The book, Quiver, is the tangible product of Project Quiver, and the journey to create it is our story captured in detail through social media, podcasts, blogging, and our website. Our travels take us to bowyers in 9 countries on 4 continents, with many more countries along the way.
Join us for the adventure!
About us.
Todd Howard is a traditional archery instructor and an acupuncturist living in Nosara, Costa Rica. He spent nearly 20 years serving as the president and founder of one of the world’s most recognized educational institutions of holistic medicine in Victoria, Canada. Traditional archery came into his life a decade ago through his dedicated practice of Qigong. Soon after, he began carving bows with 2 renowned teachers (who are featured in Quiver), and feels honored to be carving bows under the tutelage of all the bowyers of Project Quiver.
At 15 years of age, Ela Harper has chosen to pursue passions such as photography, Brazilian Jiujitsu, and drama instead of conventional schooling. She has been deeply engaged in a one-on-one mentorship with professional photographer Katherine Calnan to prepare for the challenges and opportunities of Project Quiver and is leading up our forthcoming social media campaign. When not working on Project Quiver, she is employed part-time at her former school in Nosara, Costa Rica, as a photographer, web designer, and social media coordinator and does freelance photography in the community.
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Victoria, Canada
https://www.instagram.com/heritagebows/ -
Powell River, Canada
https://www.ravenbeak.com/ -
North Carolina, USA
https://www.instagram.com/swiftwoodbows/ -
Nebraska , USA
https://www.instagram.com/organic.archer/ -
Massachusetts, USA
https://www.instagram.com/dan_santana_bows/ -
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Teruel, Spain
https://www.instagram.com/arqueriaconmarco/ -
Arnhem, the Netherlands
https://www.instagram.com/bamboo.bows/ -
Reinberg-Dobersberg, Austria
https://www.instagram.com/sparrowbows/ -
Bollebygd, Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/nordic_selfbows/ -
Buhler, Switzerland
https://www.instagram.com/selfbow.ch/ -
Sedgefield, South Africa
https://www.instagram.com/heartwood.bows/ -
Kyrzygstan
https://www.instagram.com/tengri_bows/
Our Bowyers
Follow the Salish Wolf Podcast for upcoming interviews with all the bowyers of Project Quiver.