Striped and plaited.

Stripes of colour, hand felted on black tissue silk and ecru cotton muslin, team with plaited merino wool into scarves to ward off cool autumn breezes.

Available at Studio Altenburg.

Photo by Kelly.

Royal Canberra Show, 2011.

Hand felted item for the body - First Prize, the colours of Volutidae, a shell of the species, Volutoconus Bednalli, are captured in this hand felted silk chiffon and merino wool wrap.



Australiana - Any article of Felting depicting our Australian landscape - Third Prize, feather hat inspired by the poem "Bellbirds" by Henry Kendall (1839-1882), merino wool, hand stitched with embroidery cotton and sculpted with wire.
Judge's comments - "reflects theme, feathers exceptional."



Hand felted original item including recycled materials - First Prize, using merino wool and hand crocheted doilies by Gerritje Mertens.
Judge's comments - "good attachment of recycled items and use of colour."

Prizes in these three classes led to the award of 2011 Champion in the Professional Section for the second year in a row.

Photos by Kelly.

Braidwood Art Auction

for details see link

Photo by Alison Alder

Student work

pet rocks or paperweights



shoulder bags with leather strap and felt ball button

This is a kerchief version of "Pademelons - Midsummer", hand felted with merino wool on hand dyed tissue silk.



The colours of Volutidae, a shell of the species, Volutoconus Bednalli, are captured in this hand felted silk chiffon and merino wool kerchief.

Both these pieces have been added to the Summer Exhibition of "Silk and Paper" now on display at Studio Altenburg, Braidwood, NSW until February, 2011.

"Volutidae : Paramoria guntheri #2, distribution Southern Australia, merino, mohair and silk chiffon hand felted kerchief (52 x 49cms).

The original I made of this kerchief was entered in to the Royal Canberra Show and then sold at the Rapt in Felt Exhibition of the Canberra Region Feltmakers earlier this year.

A friend requested another. So here is version #2, incorporating a border of floating silk to represent the foot of the Hydatina Hydatis sea snail, transformed into a swimming organ.

Latest additions.

To celebrate the birth of identical twins to my nephew and his wife, I have made a revised version of the Heirloom Blanket - smaller snuggle size for pram and bassinet (86 x 53cms).



Ava Wilhelmine



Emily Sophia