Third Italian Gathering of Needle Felt
My name is Anna Esposito, I’m an Italian felt maker and I organized the “Third Italian Gathering of Needle Felt”. I proposed to the staff of “Abilmente”, the most important…
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Meet a volunteer – Belinda’s Experience as Secretary and Felting journey.
1. Reflecting on Your Tenure:I became secretary at the end of 2019 and met the committee in person only once before the lockdowns of 2020 happened. Thereafter most of our…
The Hung’ry Bag
It’s Sept 2024 and I have just had the pleasure of joining Flora Carlile Kovacs on her Felting Tour of West Hungary. We were a group of 11 passionate felters…
Behind the Scenes of the Podcast 2
Felt Matters | The Podcast, Season 1 Episode one (part 2) This new podcast has shown us just how much there is to chat about amongst feltmakers. At times, Heather…
Behind the Scenes of the Podcast
Felt Matters | The Podcast, Season 1 Episode one (part 1) Like many of you, Heather and I can quite happily talk about felting all day. As cohosts for the…
Felt and Culture Retreat in Kyrgyzstan
I was looking for an interesting holiday this year as a treat for a 'roundy' birthday coming up. With perfect timing, IFA Publicity Officer Nadia Rein announced a felt making…
Sacred Geometry
They say that long letters are less readable today. They say this is because people don't always want to share, or simply don't have anything to say. But I always…
Nadia Rein in Conversation with Ariane Mariane
We continue to introduce our volunteers to our members and followers.Nadia Rein – our Publicicty Officer has a conversation with a new International Officer Ariane Mariane in this vlog.We start…
Nadia Rein in Conversation with Mandy Nash
Welcome to "Meet the Volunteer," a serieswhere we shine a spotlight on the dedicatedindividuals who make the InternationalFeltmakers Association (IFA) the vibrantcommunity it is. Through these interviews,we aim to introduce…
Talk of Authenticity through the practicing of felting in Brazil
This month, in Florianópolis Island, Brazil, I had the opportunity to participate in the incredible event "Autênticas" at the beautiful store "Almanata", invited by the owner Laura Gransotto alongside wonderful…
Sheep in the Netherlands
One of my last activities as international officer was to visit De Schaapskooi in Schijndel, https://www.schaapskooischijndel.nl/. The secretary of the Schaapskooi foundation was interested in the IFA activities and I…
Nadia Rein in Conversation with Asan and Sonia Raimkulov – Husband and Wife Art Tandem from the beautiful Kyrgyzstan
The name of Asan came about in the conversation with Kamala Abdykadyrova when we started to work on the list of workshops for Felt and Culture Retreat in Kyrgyzstan. Kamala…