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THE FELT SIDE OF LIFE



Susanne Hantzsch


sculptural felt - wearables - finger puppets

I am a wet felting and textile artist at heart with an eye for detail, embracing creativity, intertwined with a strong love for nature. I feel connected to nature and sustainability, which I am aspiring to bring across with my felt art. Sheep`s Wool is such an old, durable and versatile material transformed by me  in a three-dimensional form. The art of felting connects you with mixed materials, colours, diverse textures and structures.

Felting is like eating good food ...

creative and surprising in the result


And this is, where soulfelt meets soulfood

Expressing oneself in pictures, being creative - people have been doing this for thousands of years. They visualise their stories, feelings, wishes and experiences and simultaneously their imagination is stimulated.

Wet Felting is a very simple process and the material - sheep's wool - offers countless design possibilities - in all the colours of the rainbow. At the same time, making a solid felt piece from loose, fluffy wool, with one's own hands, is a unique experience and reflects a very central process in life: Transformation.

To awaken creativity, to let something new emerge, has a strengthening effect and makes it possible to take new paths or to cope better with unfamiliar situations. In doing so, we can experience ourselves as active agents. And there is also a lot of potential in the creative process: it frees the mind, relieves stress and can help reduce tension or nervousness.

TEXTILE MATERIALS and WOODEN TOOLS

In my art works, I felt, weave, colour and create my thoughts. I knot and chain them together to form series of thoughts and stories that relate to my experiences and impressions. Handmade most 3D fiber works from all kinds of wool, plant fibres, fabrics made of natural yarn, silk, stainless steel, wire and items I encountered in nature meet wool textiles and felt making. And for that I use my  Wooden Tools  which I learned to make from a professional wood turner.


CURRENT EXHIBITIONS


Exposition « Feutre de scène »Samedi 15 avril – Dimanche 25 juin 2023, Felletin, France


MINI and MICRO TEXTILE ART “SCYTHIA” , June 6-20, 2023,  Ivano-Frankivs’k, UKRAINE

 

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