textile festival Archives - Jane Mercer Felt Artist

Exciting News

I learned early this week that my piece "After the ice " has been accepted into the From the Earth exhibition in June. The exhibition is to celebrate natural and ethical textile practices and will take place in PA Arts Centre Datchworth, Herts. I am thrilled. I even get invited to the private viewing ! Here is the piece that will be on display. Other artists that I know are taking part at this moment are Jenny Leslie and Caroline Bell. This great news has made me revisit some of my other favorite naturally dyed felt pieces and I thought it was worth bringing them all together here. Autumn Storm I love the subtle shade changes in these pieces I hope you do too.

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14/02/2016

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Textile festival Leiden

Last week I visited the Textile festival in Leiden with two friends. The festival was in de Peiterskerk , and large spectacular church , in the centre of the town. There were more than 30 other textile exhibitions in the centre of Leiden , amazing ,and as it turned out far more than could be visited in one day. The theme of the festival was Water-land, and this was beautifully interpreted in all forms of textile art. I photographed a few of my favorites. Weaving with a whole new perspective for me. The beautiful woven book /scroll really captured the peace of the seashore for me. I found this piece with its razor shells , very evocative of the shore. A more traditional style of embroidery. A felted piece by Annemie Koenan , called Genesis - then there was land. In addition to…

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20/05/2015