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What Is Felt
A biodegradable and renewable material, wool felt is moisture resistant, self-extinguishing,and known for its thermal and acoustic insulation properties and its highly saturated and lightfast colors. -
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Oregon artist Kristy Kún to install large-scale fiber art in Sisters Library
Public invited to reception December 11, 2023SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon artist Kristy Kún brings her dynamic textile art to the Sisters Library on Saturday as part of the Deschutes Public Library District's building renovations and... -
Sculpted Felt
Wall mounting and free hanging sculptures in the Amplified Felt series are of a new material that seamlessly transforms into a third dimension; The artist capturing the rhythmic underwater life of the textiles as they float and undulate within her hands during the process of creation. These textiles are felted as a single piece, with ribs of wool bonded together through the lightest of fabrics. While this felt is very dense and finished with sizing to provide rigidity, they are some of the more fragile works in Kristy’s portfolio. -
Process
dry layout and needle feltingBEHIND THE SCENES Low production video of fiber and fabric layout for When Your Spirit Reached Me In a Leafy Place and Mad Embrace. This video shows the process up... -
American Craft: Winter 2022
Cover and feature essay December 16, 2021A Floating World, by Kristy Kún A former woodworker turned felt sculptor opens up about the intricacies of process and material. I float the nearly finished project in front of...
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