Seven years ago, Jenne Giles was a San Francisco painter and sculptor who didn't know felting existed. Now she works almost exclusively in the medium, stretching the possibilities of felt in fashion.

France is known for its perfume, Italy for its leather and Scotland for its whisky, to name a few famous exports. One that may not be as well-known is Kyrgyzstan and its wool. In the Naryn and ...

Wool-felted accessories are all the rage. The bright colors and organic texture of wool can be seen on everything from purses and slippers to necklaces and broaches. With just a small amount of wool ...

A river of fabric? Janice Arnold’s installations, inspired by the people of Central Asia, go to great lengths to evoke wonder Though stationary, fibers of different colors and textures are combined in ...

Using a long needle, Chinese artist Yin Yue diligently pokes a piece of wool onto a pink-purple elephant made out of wool felt in her studio in Beijing. She stumbled into wool felt art about a decade ...

Susannah Weaver’s Long Island City studio almost looks like a test kitchen. There are heaps of icy-pink and baby-blue wool that appear to be cotton candy, five-gallon buckets of licorice-black dye ...