The Climate Is Changing - Prato,Italy

I just found this video on a friends blog and wanted to share it with you so you have a chance to see the preparation for our exhibition in Prato, Italy and to see what it's all about. Enjoy !

The Climate Is Changing - Italy

"The Climate is Changing" all felt exhibition on view May 7-July 7, 2010 in the Textile Museum in Prato,Italy. It's a travelling juried exhibition which will also come to the UK, Germany and possibly other countries during 2010-2011. The felt artists from around the world are taking part in this wonderful exhibition and I'm very happy to be a part of it as well.

HAFA Fashion Show

Here're my 2 outfits that I presented at our annual Houston Area Fiber Artists (HAFA) fashion show at the end of April.

This is a nuno felted dress, fully reversible. It's a completely different look on both sides.

This is also a nuno felted dress which came with a giant nuno felted wrap that I wanted to look very chunky. This dress has an open back, too bad I don't have a photo of it. I'll try to make some more photos of those 2 dresses and post it soon.

Etsy Treasury

Etsy treasury that features my "Magic Noir" nuno felted scarf. Created by Audrey from DOUDOUbyfilomene. Visit it here.

Dunes - Nuno Felted Scarf

My new work. Nuno felted scarf. Made of silk and wool. Natural dyed.

HAFA's Fiber Event of The Year

Houston Area Fiber Artists (HAFA) is holding our annual fashion show and boutique sale on April 17th, so if you live in Houston,TX,USA or may be visiting we would love for you to come. The fashion show is going to have a lot of fantastic garments made by our own members in various techniques. I'm going to present 2 of my nuno felted dresses and I will post the photos after I get them back. There's going to be luncheon served during the fashion show and you can shop all day with our own vendors (I'm going to be one of them). If you know someone who would be interested please feel free to forward this info. For more info visit HAFA's website.

Seaweed - Nuno Felted Wool/Silk/Bamboo Scarf from Light and Airy Collection

I had a completely different idea for this scarf in the beginning, but then in the middle of the process it took a different turn and I was not getting the look I was going for any more, so I had to do something else. I was mixing different colours, making a few dye baths and finally it worked. It took me longer than usual to achieve the final look and I'm really happy with the result. When it was dry it reminded me of seaweed...the texture , the forms, colours. The time was really worth spent.

Tribute: Lee Alexander McQueen

I just found this video and just had to share it. He was one of my favorite designers and this is an amazing showcase of his work.
Made By Alexander McQueen/Gucci Group.

Valenki

I recently came across this photo, which I really love and which brings a lot of memories from my childhood. First things first, the white valenok is commercially made, but the little ones are hand-made by Russian feltmaker Natalia Simkina . When I saw this photo I immediately remembered my days back in Latvia when I was a kid. As you might know winters there are rough, it snows a lot and temperatures go way down below zero Celsius. So valenki is a perfect footwear for those kind of conditions. Me and my brother used to stay out for hours, lucky us we lived near the forest so we went skiing and sledging all the time. Some good memories there. Nowadays they decorate valenki with embroidery and different other techniques to give it more modern look, but that's another story.

Funky Monk - Felted Coat

This coat I made a few years ago. It was wet felted from wool, silk and hand-spun yarn. Done in one piece, there're no seams. It took part in the annual HAFA's( Houston Area Fiber Artists) fashion show and in CHT (Contemporary Handweavers's of Texas) biennial conference fashion show. It got a few awards from CHT and one from HGA (Handweavers Guild of America).