Coming soon...

• read in-depth features about the opening of the IFA’s latest and perhaps most significant international exhibition, The Climate is Changing!
• enjoy photographs of Feltrosa 2010 and the fabulous felt creations made at the workshops
• discover how young designers are using felt in bridal wear and to create stunning jewellery items
• in other sections, one felt maker reveals how she overcame serious handicaps to continue felting, and a complete felting novice shows how thick felt pads are helping to protect donkeys’ backs in rural Ethiopia

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In this issue...

• read reports of Felters’ Fling 2009
• find out what’s going on in your part of the world, from workshops to exhibitions
• discover how IFA member Ann Dingsdale creates wonderful portraits with felt and stitch
• find out how local groups came together to complete the large-scale Medina Yurt project on the Isle of Wight
• learn how tradition is kept alive in Western Mongolia and Turkey

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In this issue...

• learn how artists and makers have been exploring the use of felt in diverse community projects, art installations and in performance

• read about recent IFA-run workshops and events

• discover how Janice Arnold constructed her Palace Yurt for the recent Cooper-Hewitt exhibition

• find out how crafts women in Siberia keep alive their felting traditions

• become more sheep-wise with our regular feature on popular breeds

• discover how to take part in Feltrosa and the IFA AGM next May

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In this issue...

• read reviews of the Cooper-Hewitt’s ‘Fashioning Felt’ exhibition in New York as well as the Feltrosa event in Italy and Felletin in France

• find out how members can share resources to set up regional workshops

• discover how one maker created a piece of handmade felt 6 metres in length!

• enjoy our new regular feature on sheep breeds, which this issue focuses on the Wensleydale

• find out how you can submit work for the forthcoming international exhibition, 'The Climate is Changing!'

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In this issue...

• read Mary Burkett's article on the IFA’s 25th Anniversary

• find out how to get involved in our international exhibition on the theme of climate change

• enjoy reviews of events from Japan to Switzerland

• learn about feltmaking in early modern Europe

• discover how moths inspired one felt maker to create quirky and original 3-D designs

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