filzfun: Issue 67 summer 2020
published on: 09th June of 2020
We are pleased to portray three felt art specialists whose work could not be more different in the summer issue of the filzfun: Beate Bossert, the co-founder of this magazine, who has been fathoming all possibilities regarding wool design for thirty years, Diana Nagorna, who makes exquisite felt fashion, and Yaroslava Troynich, whose enchanting animal hand puppets bewitch both the old and the young. We look back on the felt encounter of the German Filz-Netzwerk in the Roggenburg monastery, on the »Waasser« exhibit in Luxembourg and the Sheep Day in Wallis, an event that had to takeplace without spectators for the first time due to the pandemic. Irene Reinhardt combines the ancient felting handicraft with modern technical equipment and und engraves texts onto felt by means of a laser cutter. And for all who want to felt their own personal dream house in the times of the Corona virus Delia Grimm shares a step-by-step instruction for tiny felted palaces of individual character.
filzfun: Issue 66 spring 2020
published on: 27th February of 2020
Felt connects people over countries and continents, a fact that becomes obvious again in the filzfun spring issue. We report on Stephanie Metz‘s Californian project InTouch, on the Textile-Biennial in Madrid, the Viennese Filzfestwoche and the Tapestry-Triennial in Lodz. As artists portraits we are pleased to introduce the Japanese couple Koji and Kanae Goto, the British feltmaker Yvonne le Mare and the American-Canadian designer Jenny Hill vor. Of course we direct your attention also to exhibitions by artists from German-speaking areas: Stille Wasser(Quiet Waters) by Sabine Reichert-Kassube and Yvonne Zoberbier at the Textile Art Berlin, Gefilztes (Felted Things) by Meike Raßbach in Berlin as well as In Hülle und Fülle (A Great Wealth) by Barbara Eichhorn, Maria Weber and Barbara Westerath. As a special highlight we would like to share two step-by-step instructions: one for a mottled scarf with fringes by Jenny Hill, the other for a decorative relief bowl by Mascha Schreiber.
filzfun: Issue 65 winter 2019/2020
published on: 29th November of 2019
This filzfun issue shows itself in full winter mode: Inga Dünkelberg-Niemann serves a plateful of felted Christmas cookies, the cute micefolks made by Beate Felten-Leidel celebrate an opulent Christmas in their picturesque small town and Sara Sagevik from Norway tells us about her wedding, showing a bridal attire worthy of the Snow Queen. Sandra Struck-Germann made quite a reputation for herself with her black-and-white and colorful felt portraits, but she also creates bewitching felted puppets. How to make a very simple ball puppet that even children can manage is described in this issue. Moreover we would like to present the textile artist Karen Betty Tobias and herobjects and we learn how Gabriele Hoffmann has re-arranged her life and has found a new zest for life through feltmaking. She shares instructions to felt a spacious and sturdy shopping bag with the filzfun readers. Photos and reports of exhibits that created a lot of attention offer additional inspiration: a work show of the internationally renowned artist Maria Friese, the results of the CraftArtFusion-Project „Wir WOLLEn Papier" by the Austrian artists’ collective wollmodus and the final pieces of the Fit-in-Filz graduates of the Filzschule Oberrot.
filzfun: Issue 64 autumn 2019
published on: 29th August of 2019
For 40 years Mari Nagy und István Vidák have been committed to work for the re-discovery of feltmaking in Western Europe. The couple celebrated this anniversary with a big show in Budapest, about which we report in detail in this issue. A choice of other exhibits have raised public awareness of felt art: We are pleased to show images of a show held on the island of Rügen, in Gladbeck, in Switzerland, in Belgium and in the Austrian region Wachau. Our portrait series deals with three entirely different artists: Susanne Schächter-Heil, the chair of the German Filz Netzwek (Felt Network) and a tireless ambassador in felt matters, and Annie Veldkamp fromThe Netherlands. Veltkamp’s spectacular felted wall coverings are not only classy to look at but sound-insulating as well. The third fabulous artist is Bahari from Turkey who designs fabrics, felt, leather and pottery in the Ecoprint technique. Let’s not forget the practical side: Margit Röhm shows how stencils can be enlarged true to scale, and Beate Bossert instructs our readers how merrily whirling wind chimes are made.
filzfun: Issue 63 summer 2019
will be published on May 29, 2019
published on: 14th May of 2019
A beach beauty by Tanja Kahl graces the cover of the summer filzfun issue: The Fat Ladies, posing pertly in a bikini or bathing suit are the trademark of the artist from the Odenwald. Kristy Kun makes opulent blossoms out of needle-felted rolls and shares a glimpse into her technique with us. During the »Filzen an der Grenze (Felting at the Border)« event in Bad Schandau, about a hundred feltmakers met in order to work creatively together and to bring new projects under way in the Filz-Netzwerk. The filzfun was present and reports onthe pre-courses and the event in general. And because her HatCap became a big success there, Annemie Koenen tells us in a step-by-step method how to felt this attractive and comfy headgear for every season. Ina Jeromin experimented with Soluvlies for making felted paintings and passes on what she found out.
filzfun: Issue 62 spring 2019
published on: 27th February of 2019
Intricate structures and und eccentric costumes made by Marjolein Dallinga, heart-warming hand- and finger puppets by Katharina Thierer and worlds en miniature in a cup format as well as sturdy baskets and vessels by Maike Leja Breitlauch: The portraits of thefelt artists in the spring issue of the filzfun once more demonstrate the mind-boggling range of creative possibilities that felt offers.
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