Workshop wet felting

On Saturday, December 13, we organized a wet felting workshop at Vleeshal under the guidance of Shona de Cooker. During this afternoon, participants learned the technique of wet felting and created their own felted object.

Wet felting is a technique in which wool is turned into felt using water and soap. It is a traditional technique used, among others, by artist Milana Khalilova in the exhibition Tatar* Kiss. In her work Xade, she depicts a Circassian forest garden. Her installation of felted objects evokes the fruit trees once cultivated by Circassian communities, Indigenous to the western North Caucasus. During the workshop Listen, Feel, Felt, participants were introduced to the work of Milana and others in the exhibition Tatar* Kiss, after which they got to work with this technique themselves.