Nord East feltmakers guild

MEMBERS GALLERY

This is a list of some of our members, along with their business names and other information that may be of interest. The list is alphabetical.

• Linda Van Alstyne
  Feltmaker of sculptural felt, masks, figures, both traditional and needle sculpted, and venturing into stylish embellishments to wear over clothing. Teaches workshops for children and adults. She's a physical and occupational therapist, and also does presentations on ergonomics and body mechanics for fiber artists.(Burnt Hills, NY)
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• Linda Brooks Hirschman( lindabrookshirschman.com )
  Linda's fiber sculptures are inspired by the wildness of the natural world. They consist of hand-made felt, yarns, threads, wires, natural materials and mixed media. She also designs and produces free-form felt scarves and teaches fiber classes in her home studio, FiberArtSpace.
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• Nicole Chazaud ( Festive Fibers )
  Hand made flat patterned felt for the home. Find unique fabric for upholstery, area rugs and other decorative accents, as well as seasonal workshops in the Festive Fibers Studio. (Alstead, NH)
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• Sharon Costello ( Black Sheep Designs )
  Sharon is a professional fiber artist who has specialized in feltmaking for the last 13 years. She has studied this ancient fiber art in the US, Central Asia and Scandanavia. Sharon is best known for her felt sculptural work, including one of a kind figurative pieces and felt vessels. She teaches throughout the US, as well as in Canada and Europe. She also sells needle felting supplies, kits, books and her own video on sculpting figures.
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• Gar DuBois ( Hatmandu )
  Gar has been designing and making hats since 1992. As Gar explains on the Hatmandu website, "I fell in love with the artistic possiblities and practicality of felt as a medium, and have found that hat design allows for a wide range of expression. The hats are primarily made from premium quality merino wool batts that are felted by hand and then shaped using traditional hat maker's blocks and other tools. The design materials vary, but are usually silk, rayon or hand-dyed wool to create the accents. My primary focus is on women's hats, though I make men's and children's hats as well as felted vests and other types of clothing.
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• Marianne DuBois ( Arcady Designs (shared with Hatmandu) )
  Marianne has been a weaver since 1985, and began felting in 1991. Introduced to needlefelting in 1995, she has been exploring the design possibilities ever since. She has taught the technique to groups both large and small in Maine and on the West Coast. In the last few years, she has also been exploring nuno felting, focussing on scarves and shawls. She is now working on expanding her nuno-making into clothing.
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• Temple Fawcett
  A serious hobbyist, mostly focusing on needlefelted figures. For many, only the heads are felted. Bodies are made of sticks and cloth, and the clothing is usually felt. She has sold Christmas ornaments for a local art gallery fund raiser. (Fairhaven, MA)
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• Lori Flood ( The Spinsters Treadle )
  Lori works with a large variety of felting techniques to create felt wearables, sculpture and home decor items that have a contemporary flair. She is a full time felt artist and enjoys working with all types of wool with a strong emphasis on merino wool since it is the fiber of choice for most of her wearable art. Lori also sells felting supplies and wool fibers through her website and she teaches feltmaking workshops around the country. (Morgantown, WV)
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• Pam Grob ( The Fiber Studio )
  See description below. (Henniker, NH) EMAIL

• Doris Hauert
  Utilitarian objects using wet and dry felting techniques. (Chesterfield, NH)
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• Jennifer Hoag (Northeast Fiber Arts)
  Located just 10 minutes from downtown Burlington, The Northeast Fiber Arts Center offers an extensive selection of quality hand-knitting yarns (Manos,Noro, Colinette, Koigu, Gedifra, Katia, Trendsetter, etc.), plus fibers for spinning and felting, yarns for weaving, spinning wheels, looms, books on all fiber arts and many classes throughout the year.
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• Myra Lenberg ( Medusa Fiberarts )
  I have worked in the fiber arts for many years, surrounding myself with color, fabrics, threads and trims to create one-of-a-kind soft sculptures. Then I discovered my true passion -- making felt. I love color and texture, as you can see from the photos on my website. I make mostly functional pieces, including wearable art. My felt is in the homes of collectors on both coasts; and all the work is for sale. I also accept limited commissions. Contact me to learn more.
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• Camille Ludlow ( Simply Felt )
  Camille started feltmaking in 1997 after a nuno felt workshop with Polly Stirling. Since then she has explored various techniques of feltmaking with Sharon Costello, Brigitte Krag Hansen, Beth Beede, Ewa Kuniczak, and Jorie Johnson.(Schuylerville, New York)
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• Bunny Macaulay ( Fiber Arts Eweporium )
  Shetland sheep, louet wheels, exotic organic fibers for spinning, handspun artesan yarns, Vermont maple triangle looms, private fiber arts instruction, organic lamb, breeding trios. (Whitingham, VT)
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• Deb O'Hanlon ( DebOHanlon.com & Elegant Twinings )
  Raw mohair and mohair roving. Hand felted products. Website design with an eye for what you need for your small but growing business. (Ashby, MA.)
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• Janet Reich Elsbach ( Pull the Wool )
  Janet has been felting since about 1994, since an accidental encounter with Beth Beede that she says she has never quite recovered from! She works on commission, sells through local galleries and teaches workshops for adults, children and special needs groups. (Sheffield, MA)
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• Gail Trautz ( Idagail )
  Gail works at a living history farm ( Howell Farm ) and teaches a felt camp in the summer, and also incorporates her felting when she can into other programs at the Farm. She also teaches classes at her home (hats, needle felting etc.) and also does programing at other sites with fiber displays and demonstrations. She plans to start marketing her work soon. (Hamilton Twp. NJ)
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• Christine White ( Magpie Designs Studio )
  Christine White, the founder of NFG, is a professional feltmaker and dyer who offers year-round classes at her new studio in Belchertown, MA. Classes include basic 3-d feltmaking, nuno, cobweb, shibori felt and the annual Natural Dye Workshop in late summer (using plants from the on-site dye garden). Over 100 colors of merino, norwegian felting batts, and other supplies are available at the studio.
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THE NORTH AMERICAN FELTERS' NETWORK (NAFN)

1. Links

• Pat Spark's Home Page

• North American Felters' Network Online Calendar

• Feltmakers List. To subscribe to this list, email to majordomo@peak.org and in the body of the message write: subscribe feltmakers

• Feltmaker's List FAQ page, with an extensive list of links to the pages of felt artists, felt list archives, etc.

• Fine Fiber Press. (For a listing of felt books written by Pat Spark which are available for purchase.)

• International Feltmakers' Association

• Handweavers Guild of America

Felt Artist Links

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Miscellaneous Web Sites with pictures of felt artists work:
 

 Online Gallery of International Felt Art with various artists. German Site. Artists include: Lene Neilsen, Bernhard Leutner, Maren Steenken, Charlotte Sehmisch, Corri Balk-Syp and Marion Jacobs, Birgit Vogler, Christine Tischkau, Ulrike Unterlass, Jorie Johnson, Thomas Steger, Lizzy Mayr, Cornelia Asmussen, Birgitte Krag Hansen, Mari Nagy - István Vidák, Oh Yeanok, Lydia Vermeulen-Rump, Sybille Suchy, India Flint, Sybille Suchy, Fay Wilkinson, Alexander Pilin, Mailin Bach, Christine Conradt, Ines Ulbrich, Inge Bauer, Charlotte Buch, Lizzy Mayrl.  (Click on Filzkunst on the upper left of the page, then use the arrows to go through the photos.)

 Many more felt artists at this web page of the above German Site. (Click on Kunstwerke on the upper left of the page, then use arrows to go through the photos.)

 Web site with pictures of the European Felt Art exhibition. Click on the underlined names to see the photo of that person's work in the show.

 Web site with pictures from the Swiss felt co-op, FibraFrills.  This group makes various types of felt jewelry. Artists include: Susana Mateus - Nicolas Borboën - Caroline Lebet - Sophie Borboën

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 Alana Lennon Felt items and info about Alana's current project.-Traveling the world to teach groups of children how to felt. 

 Alexander Pilin Examples of work     Alexander- other

 All Magic Toys  Felt toys.

 Andrea Graham - This is the site for Andrea's fibre artist's group.  There are pictures of her work at the site.

 Andrea Hunter aka/Focus on Felt. Lovely pictorial felt - images of British sheep and other animals.

 Angelika Mayerhofer German feltmaker. Page with link to her felt jewelry, and hats.

 Anna Salvesen Felting - Lovely Scarves, some bags and wire crochet jewelry

 Anne Belgrave - aka/Moral Fibre. Pictures of her work and workshop schedule.

 Anne Einset Vickrey aka/FeltCrafts Felting Author & Artist

 Annette Totzauer  German feltmaker with wonderful puppets and felt jewelry.

 Ayala Talpai - aka/Fiber Fanatics.

 Audrey Hughes pictures of her felt art as well as other textile art.

 Australian National Yurt Project website with photos of this project.

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 Bailey Curtis - Various felt artists who have used her Omega dyes.

 Barbara Müller aka/FilzWerk- German feltmaker. Site with links to her pages showing, felt shoes, toys, backpacks.

 Bernhard Leutner - German felt hat maker.

 Betty Burian Kirk - Site with pictures of her hats, teaching schedule, etc.

 Bigger Fischer - aka Fischer Filt. Site with menu of pages showing the felt of this artist.  The home page also links to an oil paintings menu; these are not felt.  Site is in Danish. 

 Birgitte Krag Hansen Home or English or Danish - Fabulous felted trolls, sculptures, etc.

 Birgit Vogler German feltmaker. Fantasy garments, installations.

 Bonnie Ahrens aka/ABC Ranch - Look at Gallery, Felted Rugs & CWSG Felting Group Links

 Bärbel Fritzsche German feltmaker. Miniature bears of felt and mohair.

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 Camille Ludlow - Felt sculptures and other products.

 Carol Marston aka/Hat Shapers. With pictures of hats made with her products and her teaching schedule.

 Carol Cypher Carol combines felt and glass beads to make wonderful jewelry.

 Chad Alice Hagen wonderfully inventive art felts. Workshop schedule.

 Charlotte Buch Danish feltmaker. Pictures of her art work, workshop schedule.

 Charlotte Sehmisch - aka/Magari. German feltmaker. Web site of her gallery with many wonderful hats and garments.

 Christina Schmidt aka/fliegenfilz. German feltmaker. Pictures of her felt jewelry, purses, hats, shoes and other accessories.

 Constance Willems. German hatmaker.  Interesting knitted felts.

 Cynthia Reynolds aka/mindesign. Canadian artist living in Norway. Site shows her scarves-Interesting yardage.

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 Debbie Nelson Featured within domain of Weaver's Cottage.

 Debbie Lucas  Web page with pictures of her wall pieces and workshop schedule.

 Dietrich Jacobs aka/BerlinerFilz-with links to pages with his hats, scarves, and sculptures.

 Doris Ruppert German feltmaker. Page has links to her hats, bags and felted objects.

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 Edwina Sutherland aka/Edwina's Dolls - pictures of her cloth and needle-felt dolls.

 Elaine Deyo's includes her watercolor felts.

 Elina Saari  aka/Felt Faction Finnish felter with very exciting hats and other felt items.

 Elizabeth Armstrong aka/Frost Fair Fine Felt. Australian feltmaker. The site has nice pictures of her line of felt scarves, purses and other items.

 Elsa Leyden aka/Longbranch Fiber Farm. With pictures of her alpaca felt.

 Eva Dalhaug Norwegian feltmaker, pictures of her work.

 Evelyn Refsahl Norwegian feltmaker, pictures of her work and workshop schedule.

 Ewa Kuniczak Felt works and workshop schedule.

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 Fay Wilkinson aka/The Creative Cocoon. Felted masks & wall sculptures. Workshops & retreats.

 Feltwork Zebra. A Japanese artist (sorry I couldn't find the name.) Working in both dry and wet felting, making very cute animals and dolls. The site is in both English and Japanese.

 Fiona Morris Felted accessories.

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 Gabriel Russo felt garments for meditation and yoga.

 Gail Crosman Moore glass bead artist who also makes felt jewelry.

 Gage Evans aka Fiber Friends. Gage teaches classes and makes felt accessories and figures.

 Gar Dubois aka Hatmandu. Felt hats.

 Gina Barr Eiger needle felted figures.

 Gudrun Hepperle German architect/feltmaker. This page has pictures of her felt work.

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 Hansard Welch Designs. Leslie Hansard and Rebecca Welch make very fun hats.

 Heather Belcher. Site contains some pictures of her interesting felt sculptures and wall pieces.

 Henry Morris aka/Fuzzy Felters

 Hilde Horni Norwegian Studio-GJERI MEIERI and Galleri Råmelken with pictures of Hilde's felt work.

 Hope Newman aka YOMO. Felt artist working with laminated felt to create scarves, shawls, etc.
 

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 Ilana (Helen) Pengelly aka/Deeply Felt Studios.  Pictures of her wool sculpture and wet felted images as well as a host of useful items like oven mitts and tea cozies.  She specialized in Judaica.

 Iliya Volkov aka Art Felt. English website of Russian artist, with pictures of her felt wall pieces.

 Inge EversPictures of her art work and workshop schedule.

 Ines Ulbrich aka/Design Spiel Kunst. Playful felt wall hangings and carpets.

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 Jan Clements  Felt work and information about her felting kits.

 Jane Darin aka/Jane Darin's Studio dollmaker.

 Jean Hicks. aka/Erratica.  Known for her fantastical hats, Jean also does other types of felt and performance work.

 Jeanette Sendler aka/World of Sendler, pictures of her fantastic hats, handmade felt and other media.

 Jennifer Wilson Felted wall pieces.

 Jennifer Ratafia Felted sculptures. aka Fairy Fantasy art dolls.

 Jette Hahne aka/Silk Wool, pictures of products made combining silk and wool into felt.

 Jenn Haver aka/Sparrow Goods. Felt jewelry and accessories.

 Jill Gully aka/Outbackfibers and The Wool Shed.  Scarves, jackets, and hats; workshop schedule

 Joanna Gleason Pictures of felt, and instructions on making felt.

 Jorie Johnson  Felt artist extraordinaire.

 Jungle Dread.   Australian web site with great dreadlock hair pieces made of felt.

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 Karen Arthur aka/Smart Tart.  Karen makes handbags from handmade felt.  Fun colors and shapes.

 Karin Wagner. A gallery's (Charon Kransen's Arts) page with pictures of her incredible felt flowers.

 Karoliina Arvilommi's Felt and pictures of how they are made. (Another site with pictures of her work.)

 Katja Langenströer German felt artist, pictures of her felt gnomes and fantasy environments.

 Kathy Hays . Felt sculptures and teaching.

 Kirsten Julie Smådahl Photos of her art work (3/17/2004 page is in process)

 Kirsti Ravnå Tverå Norwegian feltmaker, pictures of her work.

 Kristi Moore Felt and of the first City and Guilds felting exhibition. Links to web pages of interest to feltmakers.

 Kristiane Kristensen Felt hats by Kristiane.

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 Lauri Chambers. aka Acme Hats. Wonderfully colorful hats. 

 Lennon, Alana Felt items and info about Alana's current project.-Traveling the world to teach groups of children how to felt. 

 Linda Nazermain - Contemporary felted art pieces.

 Liz Brown - aka/Heartfelt By Liz Felt scarves, hats, boots and other accessories. Also needlefelting.

 Liz Clay web page with gallery, workshop information.

 Lizzie Houghton Web Page with pictures of her felt garments.

 Lori Flood aka/Spinster's Treadle, Lori's felt and general information about felting as well.

 Lynn Hegler aka/Kamco, mainly pictures of Lynn's tapestries, but a nice picture of Lynn wearing one of her felted hats. 

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 Maggie aka/Supermaggie, felt scarves and jewelry. Very fun, youthful work!

 Mailiss Petterson Norwegian feltmaker, pictures of her work, including many nice hats.</FONT< li>

 Marijke Eken aka/Mekenart, Dutch feltmaker, doing wonderful sculptures and functional work. 

 Margret Riedl German feltmaker, pictures of her wall pieces.

 Margaret Docherty English feltmaker with studio at Ruskin Mill.  Website to information about this studio.

 Marianne Dubois aka/Arcady Designs - needle felt figures and wall hangings.

 Marie Spaulding aka/Living Felt- with link to a gallery of her sculptures, vessels, scarves, and handbags.

 Mary-Clare Buckle  some of her felt wall pieces. More of her felt.

 Mary Danley. Needle felted figures and animals.

 Mary Klotz web page with some of her felt.

 Maya Stenz some pictures of this Swiss artist's work.

 Mehmet Girgic aka/The Feltmaker - Turkish feltmaker and teacher. This site has pictures of the work from his studio.

 Myra Lenburg aka/Medusa Fiber Arts - pictures of her felts.

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 Nancy Broughton aka/Dances With Wool - felt dolls and wall hangings & more.

 Nepalese feltmaking workshop aka/Woolen Handicrafts - felt items designed by Chandra and produced by a group of Nepalese feltmakers.

 Neysa Phillippi aka/Purely Neysa - Needle felt bears, equipment and books. 

 Nicole Chazaud Telaar aka/Festive Fibers featuring her brightly colored felts, workshop and other felting information Very fun motifs!

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 Pat Spark aka/Spark Fiber Arts web page with pictures of some of her work and (sometimes) a schedule of her upcoming teaching activities.

 Patricia M Greaves aka/art-felt Pictures of her wall pieces and workshop schedule. Also, pictures of her students work. 

 Paula Scaffidi, aka/Fiberella.  Paula uses the Babylock Embellisher to do needle felting on clothing, wall hangings, etc. 

 Petra aka/Neko No Miko. Dutch artists making felted dreadlocks in rainbow colors.

 Polly Stirling aka/Wild Turkey Feltmakers-Gallery, teaching and workshop schedules.

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 Rebecca Lavell - Gallery of needle felted sculptures.

 Rebecca Welch . Leslie Hansard and Rebecca Welch make very fun hats.

 Rita Weisse - Mostly NeedleFelted Creations -Great Eye Candy..

 Rotraud Feinhard - German site with wonderful felt animals, gnomes, etc.

 Roxanne Rolleston - Needle felter from Maine.

 Ruth Walker Feltmaker -- Colorful, highly-textured hand-felted hats, purses, tea cozies and other cool accessories.

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 Sadelle Anne Wiltshire aka/ Pumpkin Spun Fiber Designs , felt and jewelry maker

 Salvesen, Anna Felting - Lovely Scarves, some bags and wire crochet jewelry

 Sally Ann Hall Pictures of her felt.

 Sandra aka/Hestia's Hands, some fulled items.

 Sarah Lawrence textile artist and freelance fiber arts tutor

 Saskia ala/Saskia as Flora or sfelt. Interesting felt scarves, garments and hats.

 Scott Robertson's Khirghiz mosaic carpet which is for sale by contact him by e-mail: Scott Robertson (11/18/99).

 Sharon Costello aka/Black Sheep Designs - Includes pictures of felted items, workshop schedule, etc.

 Sheila Smith aka/Felt By Design - pictures of her felt garments and workshop information.

 Sherry Konya has images included on the Feltmakers Images page

 Sibylle Anna Schirmer aka/Naturwelten-German artist with felt fantasy figures and animals.

 Sue Pufpaff Pictures of felt work.

 Sue Ellen Ripley aka/Family Rock Art. Site has pictures of her felted art work.

 Susanne Kiener German feltmaker. Pictures of her garments, accessories and interior items (chairs, pillows, etc.)

 Suzanne Hecht aka/ Wool, Moon and Stars- German felter's web page with links to her many types of felted products.

 Suzanne Higgs aka/HookedOnFelt.Com - felt hats, wraps/scarves, wall hangings and rugs using both wet and needle felting techniques..

 Susanne Kuhlmann German teddy bear artist. This is her felt bear page.

 Suzanne Urban The Smirking Goddess" and her needle felted characters.

 Susanne Wetzel aka/Vicheria. German Feltmaker. Animal sculptures, puppets.

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 Tammy L. Deck. aka/TLD Design Center.  Felt hats, purses, pillows, laminated felt scarves and fabrics. Workshop Schedule.

 Teresa Nolen Pratt aka/Dandelion Arts--handmade felt, cloth and mixed media art dolls, hand-dyed silks and fibers.

 Teresa May-O'brien - Wonderful felt carpets and garments. 

 Thomas Steger aka/Filzfest- German feltmaker. Many interesting hats and carpets.

 Torill Haugsvær Wilberg Norwegian feltmaker, with pictures of her felt garments.

 Tracey Pool aka/The Feltmakers Retreat-classes and handmade clothing and yardage.

 Tuula Nikulainen Finnish felter. To see photos of her wonderful yurts, carpets and other felt items click on the words:  kuva-arkistoon  (picture archive).

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 Ulrieke Benner Gallery of her felt pieces. 

 Ulrieke Unterlas German feltmaker, web site. Links to her felt toy and hat pages. Also to her gallery page with pictures of her installations.

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 Vasanto Wonderful felt hats.

 Vicki Dodge of Quacky Alpacky features alpaca felt hats and scarves.

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 Wendy Allen aka Miss Fitt & Co. "Clothing and Accessories for the Uncommon Girl" Felt hats, gloves and flowers.

 Wendy Weibe aka/Fine Felt Farm, lots of pictures of interesting felt scultpures, garments, and other felt items.

 Wendy Hallman aka/Just Poking Around. Wendy does custom pictures of animals for people in needle-felt.

 Weisse, Rita - Mostly NeedleFelted Creations -Great Eye Candy .

 Wilkinson, Fay aka/The Creative Cocoon. Felted masks & wall sculptures. Workshops & retreats.