Owner: Wool & Tea URL:http://www.woolandtea.com Join Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:42:32 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: The Love of Fiber Art. Passion and Inspiration in Knitting, Crochet, Felting, Machine Knitting, Wearable and Fiber Art. Site statistics:Click here
No title 2008-03-13 02:05:57 Continuing my exploration beyond the periphery, I encounter some fantastical creatures. Everyone should create their own personal monster, or two. These fabulous beings are the free form crochet genius of Renie Beskin Adams. Renie just brings ridiculous joy to creating...
No title 2008-03-11 22:14:22 I'm just crazy over Nicki Hitz Edson's free form crochet. So much so that I decided on a theme for the week . . . "Outside the Periphery" What is it to go beyond the the perceived boundary of a...
No title 2008-03-16 22:58:12 Earth Air Fire Water Whoa. I'm having a thing for scrumbling these days. Everything's possible with free form crochet. Check out these fabulous creations from the International Freeform Artists Guild. All artists were invited to create a scrumble interpretation of...
No title 2008-03-23 18:48:56 Studio Suna A deep love of Bali is the inspiration for these exquisite "organic" textiles. Hatsumi Yoshida enchants all of her found materials into evocative textures and explorations of complex beauty. "Nature's products such as banana tree skins, fish scales,...
No title 2008-03-23 17:50:05 More from the London based design research studio Loop.pH The Archi-Textile Shelter Workshop Creating "Textile Architecture" or "Architexture" at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, in Copenhagen. SHELTER explores digital technology with traditional fiber arts. "Using the...
No title 2008-03-23 04:02:11 BioWall Woven wall with living plants. The BioWall is amazing with or without plants! Constructed of fiberglass rods shaped into rings and then woven into dodecahedra. Once linked together, they create an open-work wall of any size. In the spirit...
No title 2008-03-22 23:25:41 Tzuri Gueta is a innovator in technologies for textiles. Having consulted for Armani, Dior, Mugler, and Gaultier, he has launched his own collection of accessories incorporating lace and silicon, and laser cut textiles.
No title 2008-03-22 21:57:24 I'm in awe of the stunning work of Becki Banet-Lucas. An alchemist with copper, she experiments with the metal's inherent properties to create amazingly saturated patinas. Thru origami,shibori, and weaving, she folds the copper mesh to create evocative forms. Birth...
No title 2008-03-25 00:52:37 LOS SEMBRADORES, GRUPOS ECOLOGICOS The Earth Gardens I am profoundly moved by the clarity of vision of the Princesses of Bolivia. With great integrity, grace, and joy they have devoted their selves to restoring enchantment to mother earth. Thank you...
No title 2008-03-27 23:37:13 French artist Mireille Gourbin is an amazing sculptor of textiles. Using machine embroidery, pleating, devore, and other techniques, she builds layers of transparent materials to create luscious assemblages. She loves to design for interior spaces; creating lighting, screens, and room...
No title 2008-03-27 01:23:30 Who wouldn't love Renee's Harris' work?! With effervescent imagination, she combines felting and embroidery to create vivid "tails" of nature dear to her heart. Her creations are charming beyond belief. Night Cast A Balancing Act Lois and Ed Caught Up...
No title 2008-03-30 02:17:24 Laurie Sharp has created her own menagerie of Wool Pets. Blessed with her own small flock of sheep, she magically animates their wool into creatures great and small. Visit her Etsy shop for sculptures, felting kits and supplies, and wool...
No title 2008-03-30 00:33:24 Here is the exquisitely tactile folk art of Morna Crites-Moore. Morna loves to gather found textiles to assemble and collage into rugs and mini quilts. She felts her wool from recycled sweaters and blankets to create her playful variations on...
No title 2008-03-29 22:10:55 Tracy Jamar has been devoted to textile restoration for over 30 years. Following many years as head of restoration for America Hurrah Antiques, she opened her own studio in 1985 to restore and conserve antique quilts and hooked rugs. She...
No title 2008-04-11 13:47:26 long hiatus while i've been moving. takes a lot of effort to find the finest fiber arts around the globe. :-) doesn't leave much time for my own knitting, which was the original idea for this site. yes, i've reached...
No title 2008-04-21 02:42:57 Inga Likšaitė Whoa. Just astounding textile cinematography from Lithuanian artist Inga Likšaitė. Born in 1972, she has created a prolific body of work. Still lifes in machine embroidery. Check out her work in cardboard too.
No title 2008-04-23 21:55:31 Karren Brito I don't know where Karren has gone, but she's created a great blog Entwinements, based on her one-of-a-kind wearable art of the same name. Shibori queen that she is, I hope she's busy knotting, stringing, and dyeing more...
No title 2008-04-23 19:28:36 I've spent the previous two years supporting the development of the music performance space Gig, in Santa Fe, NM, in the privileged company of extraordinary musicians. I knitted my way thru hundreds of performances. So, you'll find me periodically adding...
No title 2008-04-23 19:10:18 A very special portrait of Dino Saluzzi, the exquisite Argentinian bandoneonist. Responsorium is simply Dino's masterpiece.
No title 2008-04-24 22:38:28 "The artists from Original T-Bag Designs live in a settlement located outside of Cape Town, South Africa. Their homes are bits of tin and wood nailed together and they have had no formal schooling. But what they do have is...
No title 2008-04-24 15:57:12 The Artwork of May Bente Aronsen Pure Genius. Norwegian artist May is creating new territory in fiber arts. Her installations are formed from cut and molded felt, and manipulated polyester.
No title 2008-04-28 00:02:20 Continuing my virtual tour of Norway . . . Pikene Bak Slottet is the dream of 4 women clothing designers based in Oslo. I love the dramatic simplicity and playfulness of their knit designs.
No title 2008-04-27 22:57:09 Norwegian artist Marit Helen Akslen creates sublime statements in textiles. With a deep fascination in the multi layered meanings of men's shirt collars, she fashions assemblages and installations of stark beauty. Contact Marit for commissions and study tours.
No title 2008-04-29 22:36:43 Joanne Haywood is a remarkable young British jewelry designer. Organic, edgy, and kinetic. Great contrast of materials, construction, and color. Experimenting with fiber techniques in metal and visa versa. Contact Joanne for commissions and to represent her work.
No title 2008-05-17 23:51:15 It's always astounding to discover unique expressions in crochet and knitting. What leads one to imagine such creations? Felieke van der Leest creates remarkable and unusual characters in micro crochet and knitting. When she was young she lived close to...
No title 2008-05-18 19:22:32 The Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Considered The Jewel of the Pacific, The Empress is celebrating her 100th birthday this year. Indulge in one of Victoria's grandest traditions in true British style. The hotel is famous for its elegant Afternoon Tea....
No title 2008-05-18 18:56:35 João Gilberto e Tom Jobim Just how cute and magnificent are these two? Only Brazil's best! We're making a brief stop in Brazil this afternoon to open the heart and soul.
No title 2008-05-18 18:30:37 Elis e Tom Elis is considered the most gifted Brazilian singer. Tom made Bossa Nova famous worldwide. The arrangements are refined, elegant, and sublime. It's rare to experience this kind of playfulness and authenticity in a duet. Performing the classic...
No title 2008-05-18 17:24:52 Textile wizard Lizzie Houghton is a master at transforming wool into passionate wearable art. She is currently experimenting with hand rolled felt and Nuno felting techniques with the addition of silks and velvets. Check out her upcoming workshops in her...
No title 2008-05-30 22:44:07 Enchanted by the Dragon Charmer! Jennifer Carson is bringing middle earth to life with her sensitive portrayal of goblins, trolls, dragons, and more. For her new dragon and faerie kits check out her etsy store.
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