Paola Lenti - FELT RUGS

Felt rugs

The aesthetic and functional characteristics of Paola Lenti’s signature Felt allow for the production of refined and enduring rugs, which are entirely assembled and finished by hand.

The almost tailor-like production, the variety of colours, dimensions and patterns in the collection allow for the creation of unique and one-of-a-kind rugs.

www.paolalenti.com

woolfelt by p_inc

Really cool bags made out of industrial felt and hand stitched.


www.woolfeltbypinc.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/PHOLALAB
http://goodsie.com/store/5409

HUT up BERLIN

Felting in one of a kind beautiful objects, all handcrafted in the traditional way from pure wool. From home and office accessories, to baby clothes, hats, scarves, adult clothing and decorative items. The designs are simply clean and have a warmth in them that enhances the tactile quality of the material, usually in solid colors but with witty elements; some funny, cute or unexpected thread that will pull a smile of you.

All handmade things that easily challenge the modern without being cold designs.

Hut up is showen as part of the Hewitt Copper Museum exhibition on Felt currently open.

www.hutup.de

Handmade Nation - Museum of Contemporary Craft

Museum of Contemporary Craft
presents Handmade Nation
April 3 & 4, 2009

Join director Faythe Levine for the Northwest premiere of Handmade Nation, the documentary companion to the book Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design. Artists featured in the film include Mandy Greer, Jenny Hart, Nikki McClure, Portland’s own Susan BealJill Bliss, and dozens of other crafters nationwide. The companion book published by Princeton Architectural Press features photographs of the makers, their work environments, their processes, their work and discussions of how they got their start and what motivates them. Local contributors include Susan Beal and illustrator Kate Bingaman-Burt.

www.contemporarycrafts.org/hmn/index.html

Handmade Nation:
The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design

By Faythe Levine and Cortney Heimerl
Published by Princeton Architectural Press

Today's crafters are no longer interested in simply cross-stitching samplers or painting floral scrolls on china. Instead, the contemporary craft movement embraces emerging artists, crafters, and designers working in traditional and nontraditional media. Jenny Hart's Sublime Stitching has revolutionized the embroidery industry. Each year Nikki McClure sells thousands of her cut-paper wall calendars. Emily Kircher recycles vintage materials into purses. Stephanie Syjuco manufactures clothing under the tag line "Because Sweatshops Suck." These are just some of the fascinating makers united in the new wave of craft capturing the attention of the nation, the Handmade Nation.

Faythe Levine traveled 19,000 miles to document what has emerged as a marriage between historical technique, punk culture, and the D.I.Y. ethos. For Handmade NationAmerican Craft Magazine, Garth Johnson of Extremecraft.com, Callie Janoff of the Church of Craft, Betsy Greer of Craftivism.com, and Susan Beal, author of Super Crafty, supply a critical view of the tight-knit community where ethics can overlap with creativity and art with community. Handmade Nation features photographs of the makers, their work environment, their process, their work, and discussions of how they got their start and what motivates them. Handmade Nation is a fascinating book for those who are a part of the emerging movement or just interested in sampling its wares. (along with the documentary film of the same name, coming in 2009) she and Cortney Heimerl have selected 24 makers and 5 essayists who work within different media and have different methodologies to provide a microcosm of the crafting community. Participants in this community share ideas and encouragement through websites, blogs, boutiques, galleries, and craft fairs. Together they have forged a new economy and lifestyle based on creativity, determination, and networking. Twenty-four artists from Olympia, Washington, to Providence, Rhode Island, and everywhere in between show their work and discuss their lives. Texts by Andrew Wagner of

www.contemporarycrafts.org/hmn/book.html

Abitax Japan

Hand felted and simple design.
Have only three items on felt but all details are worked out on without flaws. The focus goes on cell phones, digital cameras and keys; all colorful solutions. No statement just the objects on themselves, practical and ever lasting to protect your gear.

http://abitax.co.jp/

Felt process on Fashioning Felt (Turkmenistan)

Interesting images have been posted at the Fashioning Felt blog on the process of making felt.
The images have been taken in 2008 in Turkmenistan showing one of the oldest procedures on how to make felt rugs with moisture, heat, friction by wrapping the wool like if it was sushi and striking it repeatedly. The images talk for themselves, for now we will only post a link.

Photos by Christine Martens 

Fulbright Scholar Christine Martens Shares Photographs of Feltmaking Processes

During the month of June, American Fulbright Scholar Christine Martens met with artisans across Uzbekistan to talk about felt making. 


http://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/Fashioning-Felt/process

Wool it be

Wool it be is Oliwia Drozd a Belgium located designer.
A "creative mind" at work.

Her work in felt has an organic simplicity of that which is made by hand yet posseses a quality of design which usually handmade objects and craft lack.

The tactile qualities of the wool are mostly enhanced yet domesticated and loosely and briefly set free a little here and a little there.

The furry and animal hair is colorful and playful as the colors are strikingly strong. The designs are interesting as they are not cold, precise or sleek but organic yet thoughtful and mostly fun.

The things she makes feel, which is what makes them appealing, They feel carefully designed, incorporating chance, improvisation and the craft of a skilled felter willing to experiment.

From hats, and hats with scarves, scarves, to skirts and necklaces and bags of intestine like threads, to vests, to full costumes and dresses to wool selling for roving this all makes wool it be.
http://www.woolitbe.be