Seven years ago, Jenne Giles was a San Francisco painter and sculptor who didn’t know felting existed. Now she works almost exclusively in the medium, stretching the possibilities of felt in fashion.

Felt isn’t just for kindergarten anymore. Acclaimed, award-winning felting artist Rachel Benson teaches felting classes to kids, teens, and adults in Leominster, Groton, Harvard, and other towns in ...

When artist Jeanne Akita wants to create a jacket, she has to start by making an “enormous, gigantic” jacket, she says. As in, 8 feet long and almost 8 feet wide. But as the garment goes through an ...

Local artist Cynthia Errett of Reedsburg brings her Fiber Arts expertise to the Rock Springs Library at 6:30 p.m. May 15, offering a workshop on “Felting 101: How-to, Techniques and Tips.” The art of ...

Seven years ago, Jenne Giles was a San Francisco painter and sculptor who didn't know felting existed. Now she works almost exclusively in the medium, stretching the possibilities of felt in fashion.

A river of fabric? Janice Arnold’s installations, inspired by the people of Central Asia, go to great lengths to evoke wonder Though stationary, fibers of different colors and textures are combined in ...

ROCHESTER — The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 N. Main Street in Rochester, will host an exhibit during the month of March called “Felting Takes Flight — An Artistic Expression ...

Felting has been used for centuries to mat wool fibers together. Needle felting is much newer. Rather than using water and soap like the older “wet felting” technique, felters use a special barbed ...

At Tumar, women in Kyrgyzstan are bringing together ancient nomadic felting techniques, Soviet machinery, and modern tech to build a new kind of business. At Tumar, women in Kyrgyzstan are bringing ...