BIRD MOBILE - SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Hyper realistic and exciting to make, enchant your world with these magnificent life-size cardboard birds.
Tacatacatacata.. the Great Spotted Woodpecker digs dead tree trunks in search of wood-eating insects. It helps eliminate insects and larvae harmful to the garden.
He has his own way of opening hard seeds like hazelnuts. He wedges the hazelnut in a crack in the bark and taps it with his beak until it bursts!
DIMENSIONS: 14.5 x 22.5 cm
MATERIAL: Printed cardstock
MANUFACTURE: United Kingdom
Created in 1976, these bird mobiles are 3-dimensional cut-outs. They are composed of a set of various pieces of color-printed cardboard. Cutting and assembling them provides hours of exciting creative fun. The order in which the pieces must be assembled is precisely indicated and must be strictly followed according to the instructions.
To be made with adult supervision, or alone from about 12 years old.
These birds are imported from the United Kingdom in partnership with Quelle est Belle Company.
“You might think I’m a bit of a crackpot, but oh well…”
From the age of 6, François Morel (not the actor, mind you) became fascinated by birds.
“I’m completely crazy about them, that’s for sure. When I was very small, what I wanted was to talk to animals. Personally, I believe it works. Thanks to my vocal tools, I manage to get a little closer to the birds, listen to them, answer them, and, from time to time, have exchanges…”
A naturalist and ornithologist, François Morel is dedicated to crafting his bird calls. Rather than using them for hunting, François wanted the calls to become a tool for observing birds.
To create these instruments, he combines two qualities. “It’s a story of craftsmanship and a love story.”
He established his company, “Quelle est belle company,” over forty years ago in the Diois region, in the north of the Drôme.
Fun fact 😉: Björk recently fell in love with his work. She released a Deluxe version of her album “Utopia” accompanied by 14 bird calls, the “Utopia Bird Call Box,” manufactured by QBC.