Felting is a process that is done from needle or wet felting raw wool fibers, causing them to entangle, shrink and lock together to produce a solid textile. Felt can be as thin and wispy as a spiderweb or as thick and dense as a wool blanket.
It can be a 2 dimensional piece or be sculpted into a seamless 3 dimensional shape hindered only by your imagination.
Felt has become my favorite medium to date. It began in 2004, when I picked up a how-to kit from the SFMOMA museum gift store and made my first purse. I quickly became enamored with the simplicity, yet endless possibilities the medium offered.
Starting with purses and hats I soon went on to full garments and sculptural objects, finally introducing electricity through the development of soft sensors while using felt as the main medium.