Culture in the Making - Needle Felt a Bird

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Make your own needle felting bird with Holly Boone.

Take inspiration from the Alberta Craft Council’s feature exhibition Albirda: Put a Bird on It, you will explore the sculptural possibilities of felt, a durable material that has been used for centuries. Led by artist Holly Boone, in this needle felting workshop, participants will learn the basic techniques of needle felting with wool roving to create a colourful 3-dimensional bird sculpture.

Needle felting uses very special needles with little notches on the end called barbs. When pushed into the wool the barbs grab the fibres and tangles them together causing the wool to become more solid. The more the felt is poked, the more solid it becomes.

Holly Boone has been inspiring happiness through her needle felted creations since 2014. You can find her whimsical felt creatures at the Alberta Craft Gallery Shop, as well as the feature exhibition Albirda: Put a Bird on It in Edmonton until October 29.

Four workshop time-slots available:

10 - 11:30 am

11:45 - 1:15 pm

2 - 3:30 pm

3:45 - 4:30 pm

This workshop is suitable for ages 10 and up, minors must be accompanied by an adult.

This programming is kindly supported by Alberta Culture Days and the Government of Alberta .

Please note that the Alberta Craft Council-Edmonton is not wheelchair accessible, for full accessibility details, please check our website Contact, Location & Hours — Alberta Craft Council

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Alberta Craft Council

The Alberta Craft Gallery is the Edmonton location of the Alberta Craft Council, a Provincial Arts Service Organization that develops, promotes, and advocates for fine craft in Alberta. We offer exhibitions free to the public along with a retail gallery where you can experience fabulous shopping and discover exceptional fine craft in clay, wood, metal, jewellery, fibre, stone and glass hand-made by Alberta artists. We support contemporary and heritage crafts as significant art forms that contribute to Alberta’s culture, and are invested in developing a craft sector of creative, skilled, viable, and sustainable craftspeople, studios, businesses, and networks.