Soft yet tough, felt is a versatile, malleable material used for everything from sculpting to sewing. Then there’s felt needling, a beginner-friendly sculpting method with a range of possibilities.

Lots of sheep owners use wool for sweaters and blankets, but Bolton teenagers Olivia and Isabelle Tower are turning their animals' fluffy wool into fine art. Years ago, a family friend showed them how ...

Shirley McMarlin Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:01 a.m. | Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:01 a.m. A pastime that puts you at risk of poking yourself with a sharp needle doesn’t sound all that appealing — but its ...

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.

Needle felting is a process by which one tangles wool fibers together using a barbed needle to create small dolls, animals, and other soft objects. It’s a beginner-friendly sculpting method with a ...

Needle felting uses a barbed needle to intertwine wool fibers to create a solid fabric. Needle felting uses a barbed needle to intertwine wool fibers to create a solid fabric, whether that be a 2D ...

The fabric material is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together, a traditional skill which is called namad-mali in Iran. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal ...

Beth Leydon will be doing a demonstration of “nuno” felting, which is a Japanese word meaning cloth or fabric. “I’ll show how to meld loose wool fiber into woven scraps of silk with nothing more than ...

Bellevue Arts Museum offers visitors will get a rare glimpse into the process of large-scale felt-making this June as Olympia-based felt artist Janice Arnold transforms the Museum's Forum into a ...

Elyse Hochstadt works with her hands and her head, but also her heart. Serving as the executive director of the nonprofit Spokane Zero Waste for the past two years, Hochstadt is constantly thinking ...