One of our readers’ favorite article: The detailed report about »copyright and artsanry« by Ulrike Bogdan. In it you find answers on questions as: »What am I allowed to do and what is forbidden? Which things do I have to keep in mind as an artist, artisan and teacher?« or »How can I protect my products against copycats?«

FUN no. 15, the last issue realized by Beate Bossert. The content is about the third part of the journey to Kyrgyzstan, the 11th German-speaking Felters’ Gathering in Hohebuch and in the shhep gallery the long wool Wensleydale sheep is presented. In South Tyrol the 5th International Felters’ Gathering took place with it a review in detail with impressions of …
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We present the second part of our journey to Kyrgyztan, and portrait the artists Ulrike von Kutzleben and Ruth Bucci Baumer as well as the life of a »felt engineer«: Bruno Bujack from Düsseldorf, Germany. Focus of issue Nr. 14 is needle felting which is getting more and more popular since few years and which offers versatile creative possibilities.

There is an extensive report about the 10th German-speaking Felters’ Gathering as a cheerful jubilee celebration in Fehman – an island in the Baltic Sea, the begin of a threepart travelogue about Kyrgyzstan by Annemie Koenen and the 4th International Felters’ Gathering in South Tyrol. The presented artist is amongst other Priska Büttel, there is a workshop review »grit for …
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A very special and big event with around 200 participants was the world felters’ gathering in Hungary that finds its apting space in this issue. Beate Bossert writes about the German »Filznetzwerk (Feltnetwork)« and its goal to connect felters. And there are portraits of six artists: Judit Pocs, Joanne Circle, Margarete Warth, Tina Dix, Doris Spanowski und Margret Riedl. They …
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FUN shows its colours and says goodbye to a pure black and white magazine tobe able to show the colourful world of felting. In the artists’ portraits we learn about Julie Herberger-Dittrich and Barbara Maier, Annette Quentin-Stoll gives an acoount on felting with local sheep wool and in the sheep gallery the skudde is introduced.

Time to celebrate: Ten FUN issues found already their way to felt interested readers! This »jubilee«-issue offers a versatile mixture as usual: The Black Nose Sheep joins to the others in the »Sheep Gallery«, in the artists’ portraits we read about Martina Emig-Karner and Beate Thierling. Further, we learn about a »Kunstloype« in Norway.

Read about the two artists Ruth Zeiter-Albrecht and Anna Wolf. Barbara Eichhorn tells about her workshop »All about the Hat« and H. Stoffel about a »Wellness Felt Workshop«.

The problems with the lost data is almost resolved, nearly all addresses refound. This issue offers a versatile mixture as usual: In the »Sheep Gallery« we find worth knowing stuff about the Puszta sheep, Renate Maile-Moskowitz designs a felted ram horn mandala. We get to know the young felt artist Annette Quentin-Stoll and learn how sheep can act as therapists.

This issue’s focus is on »felt and therapy«, articles to this are from Heidi Helmhold, István Vidák, Christa Doll and Kathrin Schmitz who present their »bend carpet« for special needs education. Anita Spannagel explains how to produce a Kirghiz shyrdak, Inge Bauer shows »enchanting headdresses« and Brigitte Horny reports from »small fry«. The obligatory chaos didn’t fail to appear: a …
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