Another find from last Friday’s downtown Phoenix art walk, these hand-felted hearts by Amy Long have unexpected details like tiny horseshoes or fire sprinkler heads. They’ll be up at the Eye Lounge until the end of the month. More pictures at my Flickr – Link, and info about Amy’s MFA exhibition – Link.
How great is this knitted and needle-felted dissected frog by Etsy seller CraftyHedgehog? (Answer: SUPER great.) [via] Link.
Koalajoe came up with this great needle-felted pirhana plant inspired by Super Mario Brothers. Link.
Show your dedication to rock’n’roll with this killer felted guitar necklace by Etsy seller 3FUN. Link.
Cally from the Cally Creates blog posted about this art work by Mario Hugo. The piece is called Nowhere Again and is hand embroidered. [via] Link.
Lupin creates a wide array of handstitched felt lovelies–fun brooches and novelties–but these hyper-colorful mobiles are really where it’s at. They are available in various custom colorways, too. I love the confetti-like charm of the example above. Link.
Marci Senders sent us the announcement for an upcoming lecture at the Textile Study Group of New York by Thomas Campbell, curator of the Metropolitan Museum’s “Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor.” From the announcement – From the Middle Ages until the late eighteenth century, the courts of Europe lavished vast resources on tapestries […]
