Soft yet tough, felt is a versatile, malleable material used for everything from sculpting to sewing. Then there’s felt needling, a beginner-friendly sculpting method with a range of possibilities.
There was something fishy going on at the Valley Art Center recently. Nine artists from throughout the region were intently creating three-dimensional sculptures of fish from fibers of sheep wool, ...
Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban ...
A river of fabric? Janice Arnold’s installations, inspired by the people of Central Asia, go to great lengths to evoke wonder Though stationary, fibers of different colors and textures are combined in ...
— Crafters of all skill levels are invited to make jointed bunnies at a felting animals workshop at Books, Yarn, Coffee with fiber artist Betty Peterson on Saturday, April 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p ...
Two sisters from Erdington are felting their way to creative success with an unusual online business. When you're paying the bills, raising young children and running a household, pursuing a hobby- ...
You could be forgiven for assuming Aliman Esenalieva is overheated. The 60-year-old textile artisan is sitting cross-legged on the floor of a felted yurt on a sweltering 90-degree June day just ...
Although Patty White’s eyes don’t see well, they light up when she describes her artistic process. In her earlier years, the 77-year-old Vancouver resident internationally exhibited her experimental ...
File this week’s Craft Corner project under “quick holiday gifts,” and don’t be surprised if it turns up again (in abbreviated form) in our annual “five gifts-ornaments in an evening” story later in ...