Connections

As an artist, I wish to support the creativity of others. By honoring the work of my friends and colleagues, I not only get to share them with you, but I am able to thank them for their inspiration and role in making the world a better and more creative place to live in.

I hope you will enjoy the diversity of art and resources that will be showcased at The Nature of Things.

teachers, mentors and colleAgues

Dana Killion: www.danakillionartist.com
India Flint: www.indiaflint.com
Yoskiko Iwamoto Wada: www.yoshikowada.com
Jiyoung Chung: jiyoungchung.com
Kate McElwee: kate4home.com
Chad Alice Hagen: chad@chadalicehagen.com
May Jacobsen Hvistendahl: www.filtmaker.no 
Jeannette Sandler, Scotland: www.sendler.co.uk
Judit Pocs: www.pocsjuditstudio.hu/
Gasali Adeyemo: www.africancrafts.com/artisan.php?id=gasali
Holly Masterson: santafedrygoods.com/designers
Lynette Lovelace: https://www.lifetherapy.com

associations

American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org

Association of Landscape Designers
www.apld.org

Interior Design Resources: Luxe Source
luxesource.com/resources

AIBI (Apparel Industry Board)
Member
www.aibi.com

FeltUnited
(not-for-profit group of felt artists from around the world)
www.feltunited.com

Chicago Artists' Coalition
www.caconline.org

Surface Design Association
www.surfacedesign.org

International Feltmakers’ Association
www.feltmakers.com

Handweaver’s Guild of America
www.weavespindye.org

North American Felters’ Network
www.peak.org

American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org

resources

Books
Second Skin: Choosing and Caring for Textiles and Clothing
By India Flint
Murdock Books Pty Limited, 2011

Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Textiles 
by India Flint
Murdoch Books Pty Limited .2008

Memory on Cloth by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Kodansha International, 2002

Fundamentals of Feltmaking by Patricia Spark, Shuttle Craft Books, 1989

New Directions for Felt an Ancient Craft by Gunila Paetau Sjoberg as translated by Pat Spark, Interweave Press, Loveland, Co, 1996

North American Felters Network Newsletter, Quarterly published by Pat Spark, 1-541-926-1095

Echoes, The Journal of the International Feltmakers Association, quarterly, published in England

Maharam Agenda By Michael Maharam, Lara Muller publishers

Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking By Jason Logan, Abrams, 2018

Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conservations By Rebecca Crowell & Jerry McLaughlin, Squeegee Press

Journals
Surface: Fashion.Design.Architecture, Published By Quadra Media LLC subscriptions@surfacemag.com