Heike Fink

Heike Fink is a felting artist, originally from Germany, now living in Prud’Homme, SK. She learned the ancient art of felting in 2004 and has spent hardly a day without felting ever since.

She is fascinated by felting, since it seems almost magical how those loose fluffy wool fibres transform into a solid expressive figure. She is mostly attracted by the lightness and fluffiness of the wool, all the different colors, the smooth tactile touch and the versatility that felting offers. She is self-taught and has learned the art of felting with lots of experimentation. She creates her fibre art using the techniques of wet felting, needle felting and nuno felting.

Heike loves sculptural work and especially animal sculptures and rocks. Rocks, the basis of all land, embody a country’s history, and they are a deep connector to the ancient stories of the land and its inhabitants. In her art, she is exploring the relationship between land, wildlife, and humans and is deeply inspired by the wholesome balance in nature with rocks and animal species standing as a representation of this goal. She draws most of her inspiration from nature, and the abundance of nature is one reason why she moved to Canada.

Her work has been displayed at various arts and crafts shows and exhibitions in Canada, the USA, Italy and Germany. She has won several awards for her work.