The days are getting shorter and the evenings longer - the ideal time to get creative. In this issue of filzfun, our portraits once again offer plenty of inspiration: Whether it's French artist Sandrine Pialat, who creates garments with interesting surface textures and sculptural decorative items with motifs from the underwater world in her Parisian studio, German artist Jutta Schwab, who is close to nature through and through and creates magical natural creatures, felt designer Katrin Bigl, who also likes to use her felt projects to train young people in care professions, or Silvia Josten, who specializes in precious embroidery on wool felt.

"If you can dream it, you can do it - if you can dream it, you can do it", said filmmaker Walt Disney and creator of Mickey Mouse. Our felt artists portrayed here also take this famous saying to heart. Norton Fredericks, who lives in Australia, creates large-format tapestries and uses the plant dyes of his homeland, such as eucalyptus and quandong, to dye his wool. Anitarini Bauer, who comes from India, creates vessels, room dividers, Buddhas and light fixtures.

Brightly-colored felted images, enchanting bracelets or stylish vessels – within this product range, felt artists like to combine feltmaking with decorative embroidery. The interdisciplinary artist Elena Kuki, for instance, uses hand and machine embroidery mainly as an ornament in accessories or clothing.