Materials + tools -- Basic birdmaking techniques. General instructions ; Bird construction ; Wings + tail ; Beaks ; Eyes ; Designing your own patterns -- Surface design techniques for sings -- Making a bird from hand-dyed fabrics -- Assemblage on stretched canvas or wood -- Using found fabrics -- The more the merrier : make multiples! -- Projects -- Gallery + conversations with bird artists. Abigail Brown ; Ann Wood ; Tamar Mogendorff ; Jennifer Muskopf.