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FASHIONING FELT FEVER
Written by Abigail Doan   
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
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The long-anticipated Fashioning Felt exhibit opened earlier this month at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in NYC, and as expected, the curatorial picks are eco fashion savvy and perfect for Spring. The exhibition was organized by Susan Brown, assistant curator of Textiles, and there is no doubt that this show is putting a new spin on an ancient and rather versatile material. Examples of historic felt applications range from gorgeous, nomadic creations like Central Asian saddle blankets and protective tent structures to contemporary takes on sustainable felt fashion like Andrea Zittel’s A-Z Fiber Form D
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resses. Highlighted innovations include contemporary interior uses for handmade felts and industrial applications that cover the gamut of product design, fashion, architecture, and home furnishings. I was most taken by the organic and eco friendly quotient in fashion and installation designs by Janice Arnold, Christine Birkle (HUT up) up, Claudy Jongstra and Yeohlee Teng. Organic motifs, reminiscent of dyed sea kelp, also abound in the handmade felt necklaces of Dutch designer, Brigit Daamen. It seems as if felt has gained a curious audience in terms of its potential as a sustainable and easily renewable textile material, given its low-impact and essentially waste-free manufacturing process. Global nomads have known for centuries that wool fibers plus the application of friction allows for a readily customizable and extremely pliable material. It is truly exciting to see an ancient technology re-interpreted in such bold, green expressions of wearability and user-friendliness. Fashioning Felt is on view at The Cooper Hewitt in uptown Manhattan through September 7, 2009.
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