Nitschmann Corinna 
During a hike in the summer, we walked up a slope that was overgrown with grass. At first we noticed out of the corner of our eye how many grasshoppers were hopping around. But something was not right… Wet felted froggy, the eyes are 4mm small beads. You can pull him, like a bead, on … Read more
Hoofed animals are so diverse… Horse, dee, zebra, mules and and and…they can all be felted very similarly. They can be recreated fabulously and quite true to life. And you an also make un-hoofed mammals which are standing on four legs. Fox, dog, elephant etc. can by felted the same way, hurray! But look now … Read more
Dagmar Binder’s felted vessels from Textillabor in Berlin Is your glass usually half empty or half full? Are these felted chambers full with color or are they empty.Never mind if you see them empty. Then you can embellish them if you want by sewing beads into them for example. As one of the instructors of … Read more
A felted collar with wool locks… is an absolute eye-catcher on boring monochrome coats and also simply warms over a sweater. Nadia Szabó from Lunavifelt will show you in the Virtual Felting Camp 2023 between 27 March – 5 April 2023, with what tailored pattern you can felt such splendid piece and create this texture. Click … Read more
Verrucatis Tentaculata in Latin. Genus of the colorful fuzzies. Here you can see different ones of this species and read some very insider informations from newest thorpe research… At first glance, you can see that they have warts and tentacles, as well as wonderful colors and skin textures. They shed their skin more often and … Read more
Make Felt Not War In February 2022 in a cozy Irish pub in Hungary Corinna Nitschmann drank hot chocolate and Péter Póth a cold beer while sitting depressed by the actual political happenings: Putin attacked Ukraine. The world was shocked, we were frozen…what should we do? What can we do? Does anything make sense to … Read more
Felted vessels for what? I have several paper handkerchief depots at my house. A pile in the kitchen, a heap next to the bed, a basket full in the bathroom, etc. This developed after I didn’t feel like chasing after the little kids anymore when they asked for a tissue. And then there was the … Read more
About combining different materials… Have you ever thought consciously about how many different materials look nice in one object?As an architect, the same question for me is: How many different materials or very different patterns look balanced on a facade?You might say you prefer 7 or 2. For me, there is the magical number of … Read more
The Hungarian felt artist Anikó Boros invited us to her studio, come with us… As many of us felter I’ve also started on the dining table, nowadays I work in my roomy studio opened to my garden. Here I have enough place for my pebbles together with my felting utensils. 😉 I love being surrounded … Read more
What does a tapestry artist and weaver do when she turns to felting? Gabriella Kovács (pronounced Kowatsh), Hungarian felt artist, reveals more about her work. “I had soooo many yarns …” … that’s why you can find lots of yarn in my felting work. Sometimes they lie parallel, sometimes in a jumble, adorn backgrounds or … Read more
