Kristen Walsh

Felting, Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

About

Kristen Walsh has been involved in creative things her whole life.  She has been exploring fiber for many years – first knitting, then spinning and finally felting.

Kristen has been earning attention for her felting, winning prizes at the Old Saybrook Arts Show, Marlborough Arts Center and Glastonbury Arts Show in Connecticut, selected as a Best in Show finalist at the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia and having work selected for several publications as well as exhibits across the country.

Kristen also enjoys teaching (teaching at fiber festivals all over the Northeast including the New York Sheep & Wool and MD Sheep & Wool festivals) and finds great satisfaction in helping people who might not think they are creative find the creative spark that she believes lives in all of us.  She teaches out of her studio, at art centers and galleries, fiber shops and schools.  She also gives lectures about the origins of felting with the hopes of getting more people ‘hooked” on felting.

Kristen sees no end to the possibilities with felting.  She wants to continue exploring felting through continued teaching as well as creating her own felted art. 

As much as Kristen enjoys making her own felted art, she finds teaching others the art of felting equally satisfying. Kristen believes ALL of us have a creative spark and loves to fan that flame in her students. Kristen teaches out of her Connecticut studio, at art centers and galleries, fiber shops, schools, and fiber festivals. 

Kristen has written her first book, Layers: Felted Art Projects Sparked from the Soul! Described as part "how-to" and part "reason to make art" you'll be sure to learn a lot about both wet and needle felting. Her book can be purchased from her website, WalshFineFelt.com by clicking here  or from Amazon by clicking here.

 

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