Felt Bird Pin NEW! Online Class Oct 4

Felt Bird Pin NEW! Online Class
Saturday, October 4, 10-1pm MT
Instructor: Jone Hallmark
Limit: 15 students. Includes class kit + shipping
To receive your kit in time for the class, register by September 27. All participants must be 15 years or older.

Class Details

Jone Hallmark, who’s known for the tiny fairytale worlds she creates from wood and paper, also works her magic with needle and thread. This colorful bird pin is just one example. Making it is like “painting” a still life, but with small pieces of felt and a few embroidery stitches. To make your own, just follow along with Jone in class and refer as needed to the simple diagrams in her hand drawn booklet. She’s created several different birds for the class to show how versatile the basic template is. The secret to Jone’s colorful flock of birds? Layering the cut felt and combining simple stitches in fun ways. She loves seeing how everyone comes up with their own little twists as they work – inspiring! 

Jone always adds a fun little touch to each of her projects. For this one, she decorated a square of heavy colored paper with her Scandinavian designs and then pinned the bird to it. Voila! A small present for someone special. Before creating a presentation card for your little bird, you’ll practice some simple pen patterns with Jone. 

Everything you need for the bird and presentation card is in your kit. Opening it is like opening a wonderful little gift of joy. Join Jone and learn how to transform all the pieces into a happy little bird of your own. You’ll be all set to greet fall’s migrating flocks!

Note: So that class time can be devoted to stitching and assembling, there is some pre-work. You’ll receive the felt and templates in your kit; cut out the shapes before class. Since everyone’s pace is different, allow yourself plenty of time since there is no time for cutting shapes out in class.

This online class will be recorded and made available to class participants for 14 days after the class.

Class Materials

Please bring the following materials:

• Sharp scissors suitable for fine cutting the felt and thread
• Safety pin for the back of the brooch
• Optional: tweezers

Class Kit Includes:

• Jone’s signature booklet of charming designs and instructions
• White pen
• Felt pieces
• Heavyweight paper + templates
• Embroidery needles, floss, and needle threader

We ship class kits approximately 2 weeks before the class via USPS Priority Mail. You will receive a tracking number (check your spam folder) once your kit ships. Kits can only be shipped within the USA. If you’re outside the USA and would like to take the class, please contact us for information.

Zoom Info

An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier.  The email includes class date/time, materials list, pre-class prep, and Zoom link/info. No email? Double check the email address you entered when you registered and your SPAM folder. Due to SPAM filters and inbox settings, we cannot guarantee you will see, read, or open these emails. Two Hands Paperie assumes no responsibility for non-attendance of a class. Contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com with any questions and see our Class Policies page for more information. 

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy - Online Class with Kit

For cancellation made 3 weeks before class we can either issue a refund or apply the funds to another class. We deduct the price of the class kit plus shipping if we’ve already shipped the kit, and we retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled. If you cancel fewer than 3 weeks before the class there is no refund or credit. If Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, we’ll contact you by email and refund the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark, who says of herself, “I tend to work in a two-inch square!”, has created her own little world of magical delights. Each tiny wonder – from the cleverest fox or hedgehog to a charming parade of flower-bearing young girls – is handcrafted from paper clay, wire, wood, and other tiny bits and pieces. Her sophisticated yet simple designs show the influence of both her father’s Scandinavian heritage and the intricate painted miniatures she collected when living in Switzerland. Her affinity for using small, ordinary objects comes from her mom, also a graphic designer and artist. She taught Jone that you can make just about anything you want instead of going to a store to buy it. Jone’s creative life started on the floor of her father’s studio, where she sat as a child surrounded by brushes, paints, and a treasure of paper.

Her passion for design eventually led to work developing store displays, award-winning lines of decorated papers, and the beloved Bryce and Madeline stickers. One day, after twenty years of licensing her artwork for other people’s products, Jone realized that she needed to get back to basics and simplify. In that moment, her tiny little world was born. Now she spends her time teaching, drawing, painting, and making huge messes on every available flat surface. See her work on Instagram at @jonehallmark.