Barn Owl Woven Badge

Katfish Designs is a local maker based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Kath handmakes all of the tweedy birds herself, in her small chapel studio surrounded by the Yorkshire Pennines.

“Silent in flight, Bernard the Barn Owl is a creature of the night. Wearing his heart shaped mask, he hunts in perfect darkness. Nothing gets past this big eyed boy, his ears so finely tuned that some say he can even hear the stars breathing.”

Bernard Barn Owl is made from Yorkshire herringbone and checked tweed. He has a beady little black resin button eye. The details on his body have been needle felted from natural merino fibres. The layers of fabric have been appliquéd together and backed with black felt. He fastens with a 2.5cm silver tone bar brooch back.

He measures approximately 6 x 10cm.

Bernard comes displayed on a manilla luggage label.

Because all of the tweedy birds are hand made, they all have a distinct personality. There may be small differences between yours and the one in the picture.