We are pleased to announce a rather unique opportunity to attend a residential felting symposium on the island of Gotland (You know the sheep but have you ever met the wool??) between July 30 – August 3.2008.

The price includes all accomodation and meals, two workshops, field trips, exhibitions and lectures by innovative felters from Gotland, Sweden, Estonia, and Finland. Some of the workshops are truly unique, using techniques you will find nowhere else...

More precise information about the workshops and a detailed programme will follow later... the price is between 4000 and 5000 SKR (Swedish Kronor) depending on the accomodation.

Please contact: Birgitta Nygren, Visby. Tel +46 (0) 498 217160. E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Gotland itself is a place of legend, not only because of Ingmar Bergman, but even 1100 years ago it was already the most important centre of trade in the Baltic. Hordes of Arab Dirhams have been discovered in huge quantities and the island is littered with Viking graves and carved stones... The symposium coincides with Gotlands Medieval week (http://www.medeltidsveckan.se/default.asp) which is a wonderful week-long festival with all kinds of madness and medieval mayhem, from the street market within the walls of Visby, to Knights on horseback jousting for the ladies... (and I wouldn't argue with these guys... unless you are a viking too of course...)

Nuno Felt by Liz Clay

Unfortunately the review did not make it into the latest Felt Matters so it is supplied here

Review

Nuno and Felt is a marriage of woven fabric and fibres. This alliance allows Liz Clay to pursue her artistry over the medium with subtle, inspirational subversions. Using pebbles as fortuitous interlopers, or in her masterly apprehension of the gossamer translucence of fibres into wearable forms, which is where her greatest innovation lies. In this book, she shares her secrets.