Pins and Needles:
Making Fiber Tools from Bone and Wood with  Carol Padberg

In this course students will learn how to make their own fiber tools from bone, wood and thorns. The instructor will give slide presentation on prehistoric tool making. Student's may bring their own chicken, goat of sheep bones if they like. The instructor will provide bone and wood to work from. If students have knapped stone tools to work with, they may bring those as well. Alternatively, bringing a trusty pocket knife is also great. However, all tools and supplies will be provided. This relaxing and restorative class will allow for students to learn at their own pace. Each student will leave with the knowledge of how to simple bone and wood fiber arts tools.

Materials provided by instructor: Blanks of bone and wood, sanding tools, knives, thorn bundle for demo. 

About Carol Padberg: Carol Padberg is an artist with over thirty years of experience creating, exhibiting and teaching art. In 2015 she founded a field-based MFA, and for the last ten years she has directed the Nomad MFA (University of Hartford) and then the Confluence MFA (University of New Mexico.) These graduate programs are dedicated to art and regenerative culture. In 2024 Carol Padberg’s art was featured in exhibitions at 516 Arts in Albuquerque, the Audubon Center in Santa Fe and the Rad Myco conference in Molino Oregon. Carol Padberg raises Leicester Longwool sheep in Northern New Mexico and is passionate about local fiber economies that strengthen community resilience. Her teaching brings together a mellow but organized pedagogy, her love for people’s individual learning styles, and her expertise in art and regenerative culture.