Thursday, February 23, 2012

Felt

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
~John Updike


Felt is used in many ways -- in the making of musical instruments, automobiles, and buildings, for instance. But it can also be used for art:

Felt city painting
by Hale Irtem

Snow, a needle felted art doll
by Laurence Bergeot Veréb

Felt Scaled Cuirass
by Lisa Klakulak

Grid 4, felt painting
by Jenne Giles

Millefiori Nuno Felt Scarf
by AVAoriginal

Felt Frida Kahlo Coat, Inimitable Frida, from the "Viva la Vida" Collection
by Lubov Voronina

Links:

* Felt making at the Kurdish Textile Museum
* The making of a felt yurt (part of a Martha Stewart piece on a felt exhibit)
* Amanda Hone shows how to felt

1 comment:

Pop said...

Felt seems a natural material in the hands of a creative clothing designer ... and these pieces certainly demonstrate that.

What I love particularly, though, are the paintings. I'll bet the texture really shows when viewed in person.