Needle Felted Critters Workshop

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Description: Join artist Amanda Tanner and learn dry needle felting! Using specialty barbed needles and an assortment of wool fibres, students will be guided through the process of sculpting a unique creature of choice. The course fee includes instructions and materials to make one felted sculpture. If you’d like to create a second felted sculpture, additional materials can be purchased as well.

Audience: Recommend age is 13+ unless accompanied by an adult participant. 

Level of Experience: This course has been designed for both beginner and intermediate dry felting enthusiasts.

Supply List: All tools and materials are provided for this class! Participants may want to bring snacks and beverages, as a lunch break has been factored into the day.

Registration cost: $85 (includes 4 hours of instruction time including materials for one felted sculpture) | Materials for a second sculpture can be purchased for an additional $25.

Time: 10 am – 3 pm.

How to Register: Email Amanda Tanner or call 403-875-6216. Once Amanda has confirmed your participation e-transfer can be made to above email address. 

Artist/Instructor Biography: Amanda discovered her affinity to Fibre Art processes during her studies at Alberta College of Art & Design from where she graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her connection and relationship with the natural world is continually explored through both materials and visual imagery. Amanda has taught felting classes in multiple Southern Alberta communities, has shown and sold her fibre based artworks to private collectors and through local galleries and is a former Art and Nature Educator at Leighton Centre. More recently Amanda has pursued studies in education through University of Calgary and currently works as a Fine Arts Specialist at Legacies Academy in High River, Alberta. 

Cancellation and Refund Policy: Cancellations after October 15th will not be refunded unless deemed appropriate by the instructor.