New Growth and Noongar Artists in Focus

Congratulations to our friends at FeltWEST who have an exhibition opening today 8.00 pm at the Mundaring Arts Centre.

In preparation for this exhibition FeltWest artists have been working with visiting international and national felt tutors; Charlotte Buch (Danish), Anita Larkin (ACT), Vilte Kazlauskaite (Lithuanian) and Marjolein Dallinga (Canadian) in a series of knowledge-sharing workshops. These visiting tutors have shared their techniques for wearable nuno-felt design, integrating found objects into sculptural pieces and creating light and textural felted fashion to bring a contemporary look to an ancient craft. 

Bunbury Felter and FeltWEST member Val Hornibrook has a piece in the exhibition so make sure you go and see it.

Reflection by Val Hornibrook

Val's piece is titled "Reflection" and is inspired by the workshop she completed with Canadian based Marjolein Dallinga in March this year.

Here we are with Marjolein -

And these are some of the things we made during the three day workshop -

 The New Growth exhibition runs until 8th July.
Click here for more information.

Felt from the Convergence

These 3 felt sculptures are by Katrina Virgona  -

From the FeltWEST display.

Felt from the Convergence

Cup of tea anyone?

Please let us know who is the artist

What a great example of what's possible in felt sculpture.  From the FeltWEST display.

Felt from the Convergence

Look at this amazing vessel in the FeltWEST display.

Please let us know the artist.

RE: A Prefix - The Felty Bit

We were thrilled to find this stunning felt work at the exhibition of fibre and textile works from Western Australia, Hyogo and other parts of Japan which is currently on at the Western Australian Museum - Perth Cultural Centre, James Street, Northbridge.

Next of Kin I II and III - Artist Katrina Virgona 

Yes, it is by the talented Katrina Virgona  - based up in Perth and a very active FeltWEST member.

Some of us were lucky enough to meet Katrina when she ran a recent FeltWEST workshop and her work really is exquisite.

Next of Kin I II and III - Artist Katrina Virgona

Next of Kin I II and III - Artist Katrina Virgona

If you haven't been to see this exciting exhibition it is well worth the visit.  There are plenty more exhibits than those featured in our two posts and many by Western Australian artists such as Katrina. 

The full exhibition catalogue is available here.  The exhibition is  on until the 31st January 2012 and it will be a great place to take refuge from the January sales shoppers.

Hello Again

Apologies for not posting for so long here at Felt Central.

We do have the excuse of being a tad busy with the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence. But that seem so long ago now and whilst it was all fun and fabulous we now must be off to our next adventure in felt and we certainly have not been letting the grass grow under our feet.

Many thanks to Kerri, who was organising our stall at the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School fare at the weekend.  We'll hear more from her shortly about how we did there.

We'll also be bringing you some pictures from the Stirling Street Arts Centre annual Fire, Fibre and Fine Arts exhibition.   So keep reading.

In the meantime, here are some pictures of the felt on display at the Convergence -

And these are from FeltWEST's fabulous display there -

All fabulous felt things.  We bought lots!!