Barbara Nell Morejon Textile Artist
You have been working with textiles for over 30 years. When did you narrow it down to felt making?
Felting became my sole focus in 2005 when I moved home to care for my parents and younger sister. Focusing on my felted art was a positive distraction from doctors, medical struggles, and so many changes.
What is it about felt that gives you such freedom?
Every time I work with felt, there is…
Susan Avishai Visual Artist
You have been working with textile waste for the past ten years. What lead you to this area of art?
Inspiration. My mother died in 2009 and the sad task of going through her belongings fell to me, her only daughter. She had been an artist as well, and was the one who had made sure that in childhood I had all the supplies I needed to be creative. So it seemed appropriate then, that her clothing…
Kristy Kun Felt Artist - Oregon, USA
Can you please comment on the statement, ‘Harnessed by the warmth and touch of her hands, wool emerges in a new dimension?’
I really can't stop my hands from touching and transforming wool. The wild fibers take shape in my dreams, processes own my muscle memory, and the potentialities of sculptural forms flow from every breath of my creative spirit.My tactile tendencies make it difficult to…
Pamela MacGregor Textile Artist
Explain how you were introduced to felt and the possibilities it presents to you artistically?
I was an art teacher for 28 years in a public school. I took classes or workshops to keep my teaching certificate current. My first felting workshop was in 2004 and I was immediately in love with it. Felt is the only medium I have found that allows me to make clothing, shoes, jewelry, sculpture and…
Shelley Jones Felt Jewellery Artist - Richmond, Virginia, USA
Can you discuss the journey you have taken with your three techniques to get to the combination you are currently using?
I started as a graphic artist, doing mostly print media work. During that 18 year period I seemed to have little time for making art for my own pleasure. I switched careers, getting a degree in social work, and started silversmithing as a hobby. I only had time to make jewelry…
Angela Betheras Designer
What made you decide to place alpacas on your farm?
I grew up in Labertouche, my parents had beef cattle, I couldn’t handle them on my own nor could I afford the acreage. Since I was interested in textiles I wanted a fleece animal. Sheep are not that enjoyable and have too many jobs to be done. Met an alpaca, met the alpaca industry, fell in love with both and purchased my first alpacas in 2004……