Featured Artists

Catnip, Well known talented local artist and artistic community supporter

Catnip

Catnip is a multidisciplinary artist from the qathet region, seeking to add colour and feeling to the physical environment in the form of murals, community gardens, art installations and events. With a lot of gratitude,

Catnip intends to assist in building a creators economy here in our area, where the sacredness of creativity in all forms is respected, and continues to foster and support the many brilliant artists we have here.

Vanessa Sparrow

I discovered felt-making by happy accident on a trip to Scotland and have been in love with using wool and other fibres to make sculptural forms ever since. Originally a painter, I find the tactile nature of working with fibre deeply satisfying: I have my hands in my materials at every stage of the (sometimes very physically demanding) felt-making process. While colour is usually my main focus for design, I have recently been interested in limiting myself to monochrome to create an emphasis on surface textures, and adding elements such as painted silk and paper to create different effects.

Vanessa Sparrow, uniquely talented artist and teacher

I’ll be offering two classes in the fall: Intro to Wet Felting, and Wet Felting a Vessel on a Resist. See sparrowfelt.com for details and to register.