Needlefelting as art. Toys and pictures * Иглонабиването като изкуство. Играчки и картини.

Забележка: Българският текст е по-надолу.

I am happy when people to whom I give my knowledge and skills in art called wool felting, found that they carry a talent to express themselves through the color as painters, and through the shape and volume as true sculptors!

Because to create a small toy, and with specific character traits, stand and texture, volumes and elements, to master and make the best of the material wool, which believe me, it is not easy to work with, it is a real gift, lined with skills!

Like Diana and her small sculptural felted creations and needlefelt paintings!

And like Desi with her amazing fruits and hedgehog named Iglika!

Or Dilly with her needlefelt picture!

The beauty is in the skills, inspiration and good craftsmanship!

Svetlana Kostova

LAnAArt

http://felt-filz-culture.blogspot.bg/ 

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Щастлива съм, когато хората, на които предавам знанията и уменията си в изкуството наречено плъстене на вълна (филц), откриват, че носят в себе си талант да се изразяват чрез цвета, като художници или чрез формата и обема, като истински скулптори!

Защото да създадеш малка играчка, при това с характер и специфични черти, обеми и елементи, стойка и текстура, да овладееш и да извлечеш максималното от материала вълна, който повярвайте ми , никак не е лесен, си е истински дарба, подплатена с умения!

Като Диана и нейните малки скулптурни филцови творения! 

Като Деси с нейните великолепни плодове и таралежчето Иглика!

Или като Дили с нейния пейзаж!

Красотата е в уменията, вдъхновението и добрата изработка!

Светлана Костова

ЛАнААрт

http://felt-filz-culture.blogspot.bg/ 

Felt art carpet MOTHER NATURE by Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt

http://www.etsy.com/listing/92526372/mother-nature-unique-felt-wool-art-work

When you walk around in the woods, the mountains, amidst the fields, have you the feeling that from everywhere you are watched by curiously countless eyes?

Insects, birds, animals and even trees, stones ... like everything blends together in one face where you can see the Eyes of the Nature!

Like she is a being, a person!
Mother Nature! Mother Earth!
The mother of all living things!

Felt art carpet (tapestry, wall hanging) MOTER NATURE  is made of pure wool by felt technique.

Artist: Svetlana Kostova.

This artwork I created in the beginning of 2012 for my solo exhibition art textiles called "Land of Dreams" and exposed in the Historical Museum - Botevgrad, Bulgaria.

In November-December 2013 it was shown again at the exhibition BEFORE CHRISTMAS in the Art hall of Radio Varna, Bulgaria.

Size: 1,12 - 1,02 m / ~ 44,1/ 40,2 inches approximately.
Thickness: at about 0,5-1 cm / 0,2-0,4 inch.

This art work can be used as wall hanging (wall pannel) or floor carpet.
The carpet is created of different types of wool, most of them I have dyed own by hand. Some of the colors I've dyed with extract of natural leaves.
Others are in the wool's natural brown, grey and white shades.
Dry and wet felting.
There is no stitching or sewing!
Making the carpet took me more than a week

You can combine this art piece with this one:
New Earth: http://www.etsy.com/listing/93668980/new-earth-unique-floor-carpet-textile

Cleaning methods:
There is no need of frequently washing or cleaning! Just clean the dust.
HAND WASHING IS RECOMMENDED!
Please, have in mind that hand wash is permissible by gentle washing agents suitable for wool, but the wet wool increased its weight that complicated a little the process. Please, press out the water carefully by hand. Please, do not twist! Absorb excess water with a cotton towel.
Please, let dry free on air only on the horizontal surface and do not hang up, when it is wet!

 

 

If you have any questions about this my work, please feel free to ask.

 

 

Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt

http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/

http://felt-filz-culture.blogspot.com/

Felt art picture NOSTALGIA

http://www.etsy.com/listing/113596337/felt-art-picture-nostalgia-summer

I walk around here somewhere ...  

Augusta river is nearby. I hear her noise!  

I see the blueness of the Balkan Mountains in the distance... 

Poplars, rural road ...
Smells of hay!




http://www.etsy.com/listing/113596337/felt-art-picture-nostalgia-summer

Meadow full of butterflies, buzzing bees and birdsong from the nearby trees.
Sweet buzz ...
 
I'm still there ...

  Everything is so real!

Holidays in my village, grandparents, endless summer days, sweet dreams ...

Everything!
 
Its still alive!

In me!

 

Artist: Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt.

SIZE: 43 x 34 cm = 16,9 x 13,4 inches,
thickness at about 5 mm = 0,2 inches.
Bulgarian wool, felt technique. Wet felting watercolor (aquarell).
It is created of different types of wool, most of them I have dyed own by hand. Some of the colors I've dyed with extract of natural leaves.
Others are in the wool's natural brown, grey and white shades.

The wool painting is signed by me by needle felting of my sign in the lower right corner (this can be seen in the first picture).

HANGING AND EXHIBITING IDEAS:
This art work can be used as wall hanging (wall pannel) or framed picture.
Very appropriate, this picture to be framed in a volumetric frame with or without glass. Appropriate framework, for example, can be found in IKEA stores.
I offer the picture unframed.



CLEANING METHODS:
You can just clean the dust, if the picture is exhibited without glass. There is no need of often washing or cleaning.
In case of need you can wash it by hand.
Please, have in mind that hand wash is permissible by gentle washing agents suitable for wool. After washing, please rinse well and add some vinegar (at about 1 table spoon vinegar in 1 lt water) at last rinsing.
Please, press out the water after that carefully by hand. Please, do not twist! Absorb excess water with a cotton towel. Let dry free on air.
Please, do not dry in a dryer!

SHIPPING:
I send the goods via Registered Priority Air Mail and they have a tracking number, which you can check and see its status and movement here: http://www.track-trace.com/

If you have any questions about this my work, please feel free to ask.

Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt

http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/
 

REMEMBERING MY SOLO FELT ART EXHIBITION "LAND OF DREAMS''

 

Now I'm preparing for an exhibition in November 2013 in city Varna, Bulgaria. There, along with three other artists in the field of ceramics and small sculptures I'll show my textile art. Some of the works have already participated in group exhibitions and my solo exhibitions, but there will be new ones. So I decided to publish in my blogs series of articles dedicated to my work, which will participate in this exhibition. Some of my works you've seen on the internet or in person. My felt art carpets and wall hangings created in the 2009-2013 year reflect my creative pursuits and experiences that prompted me to do exactly that, to express myself in exactly that way.

They are the fruit of a great love and the state to be who I am :)

 

So, remembering my third solo exhibition of art textiles held in 2012 in the Historical Museum Botevgrad, Bulgaria I'd like to tell you, what I felt and wanted to show to the visitors.

Let's make this walk together again! Let's remember what is to have a dreams!

Do you like dreaming?
 

No time for dreams?

Or maybe you've forgotten how to dream?

 

Do you want to get back the feeling of bliss and serenity inherent to this process?

Then, let us take a trip back through time when we were kids!

Do you remember that sweet sleep state when lying in bed you awaken?

The dream has not left you completely, the body is blissfully relaxed ...

There, in your room, there's a window.

There is a piece of heaven, because such are the windows - they should always have a piece of heaven! 

 

So, the window watches the sky with your eyes.

You are squinting, because the light, such bright and beautiful, rushes through them.
 

And then miracles happen.

 

Small color circles dance on your lashes, merge and divide, grow or shrink ...

Pageant of color and light!

 

Enjoying this ...

... the time stops...

Only the play of light exists...
 

Then you open your eyes wider and notice the small clouds that are floating in the azure of the sky.

You can recognize in them someone's face or see cute animals.

Forms change so quickly, and you feel a sweet bliss.

The world is so wonderful!

You see the tree near the window and smile.
You hear the birds that chirping merrily ...

Do you remember!?
 

Yes! That is, do you see!

And here are my memories, my dreams!
 

Did you know that dreams come true - those real, clean, out of the bliss of the heart, didn't you?!
Every kid knows that!
 

Staying more in this state and then your life will really become a beautiful dream come true!


With love to you all!

SvetLana Kostova
LAnAArt
http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/

 

 

Felt art carpet tapestry STREETS and CROSSROADS

http://www.etsy.com/listing/82931255/felt-art-carpet-tapestry-streets-and?

Felt art rug STREETS and CROSSROADS is a multicolor geometric expresion.
It is my feeling about the country with its roads and ways. This is my vision of city in colors.
This fiber art is inspired by urban architecture and planning, by the city maps and charts.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/82931255/felt-art-carpet-tapestry-streets-and

There somewhere is pulsating the heart, from which springs all threads, crossroads of roads, energy and people.

This may be my heart, my birthplace, my home!

Because we are multidimentional and all connected to everything! 


On the wall or on the floor this unique bright felted wool carpet named 'Streets and Crossroads' will warm and light up the home athmosphere with its fresh multicolor expresion.



This carpet took a part in many exhibitions of textile art in Bulgaria, especially in the anual exhibition of the Textile Department of UBA (Union of Bulgarian Artists) in 2010 year, dedicated to the themes Mobility and Variants.




   

This artwork was shown at the end of 2011 in felt art exhibition called "Old crafts, modern hobby" in gallery "Bogoridi", Bourgas, Bulgaria.

In February 2012 it takes a part in my solo exhibition of art textiles called "Land of Dreams" and exposed in the Historical Museum - Botevgrad, Bulgaria.

In November-December 2013 it's shown on the exhibition BEFORE CHRISTMAS at Art Hall of Radio Varna, Bulgaria.



 

This felt rug is designed and created by Svetlana Kostova.

 

It is shown here in my e-shop: http://www.etsy.com/listing/82931255/felt-art-carpet-tapestry-streets-and

One of kind.
Size: 1,60 x 1,10 m / 5,19 x 3,57 feets approximately.
Thickness: at about 1 cm / 0,39 inch.


The carpet is created of different types wool, most of them I cleaned and dyed by hand.
Making the carpet took me several weeks for creating the designer project, dyeing the wool and a few alternations of needle and wet felting. There is no stitching or sewing!

To facilitate hanging on the wall I put in on the back side of the carpet 9 hangins of wool threads, where you can put hooks or cords, or could pass a thin wooden or bamboo stick, or metal bar. These 9 wool threads on the reverse don't cumber of using this art piece as floor carpet.

CLEANING METHODS:
There is no need of frequent cleening and washing.
Just clean the dust with vacuum cleaner when needed.

ATTENTION: This felt carpet could be washed in washing machine only with cold water, using mild detergent suitable for wool, without centrifuge cycle!
Please, do not dry in the dryer!

Washing by hand:
Please, have in mind that the wet wool increased its weight so much, which complicated the process of hand washing.

Use gentle washing agents suitable for wool.
Rinse well to completely rinse the soap foam. In the the final rinse add in water a little vinegar to neutralize the remnants of soap. 
Please, press out the water carefully by hand. Let it to drain well.
You can absorb excess water with a cotton towel.
Dry only on the horizontal surface and do not hang up, when it is wet!

Detailed information on cleaning and washing the wool clothes and accessories you can find in my article: http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-wash-our-clothes-and-accessories.html

I hope you like and enjoy this my work I put a piece of my heart!

Sincerely yours,

Svetlana Kostova
LAnAArt
http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/