Check it out to see some of the most amazing felt creations from necklaces, hats, rugs to amazing wall art which is functional as well as beautiful, possessing acoustic and sound proofing qualities.
This london based designer anne kyyro quinn, makes me want to experiment with felt and create some sculptural pieces for my own home.
2009 has been declared the Year of Natural Fibres and to help celebrate, in May there was a Felt Festival in Felletin (where else could you have it?!), France which was to demonstrate the beauty and versatility of felt with lots of workshops, displays and some serious felt networking for industry types from all over europe.
I first fell in love with felt on a visit to Munich in 2006, where i stumbled upon the amazing Daimer Filze shop. Wall to wall felt like a rainbow. I bought some beautiful animal shapes and flowers which went into my first lampshade creation for my daughter Remi.
I like to hand stitch the felt shapes on to avoid unnecessary glueing.
This adds to the hand made design and gives me great creative satisfaction too. To top it off the fabric i covered the shade in is a blend of Yak Hair and Hemp, so soft and great texture.
These shades are from the range i sell at the markets, and even just little details like the small dots; only 8mm in diameter, create a great effect! They are so cute, and i love to utilise the small details in the fabric too, the natural edging often goes unseen. But why not make it into a feature?
The fabric on this forest shade is great, when the light is off it's a subtle shade of yellow/cream but once it's illuminated the colour totally changes to a fantastic celery colour creating a magical green backdrop for a flowery forest.
These sweet ducks get a lot of attention. Love mixing the textures of rough cotton and soft wool felt. I enjoy a lot of colour, but sometimes you just can't go past simple white on white.
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