About the Artist || What is Felt?

Feltmaking is the art of the nomad, a life defined by journey, sustained by beauty. For thousands of years, felt-makers have used the animal fibers at hand to partner the practical with the beautiful.   I look not only to this ancient guild to mentor my craft, but to the wildflower nomads that drift and spangle the New England landscape. 

That work often begins for me with the creating Word.  A fine line of prose or poetry often inspires my feltmaking.  So does the speech of birch, leaf, and bee.  The span from text to textile is the breadth of a hand, as it translates such everyday eloquence into designs of fine merino wool and hand-dyed silk for personal wear, home, business, or sacred space.

A native of Atlanta, GA, I have made my home since 1990 in Mont Vernon, NH, with my husband and daughters, and make felt there in The Pod, home studio of Milkweed Arts. 

"Endless returning ... not farewell, but faring forth into the grace of transformed continuance ... "
---Denise Levertov, "Relearning the Alphabet"