Felting Art in Denmark, Birgitte Krag Hansen

As you can see from the pictures, felting art is exciting and fun in Denmark, where Birgitte was born, teaches, writes felting books and does amazing felting art.  Read about Birgitte following and be sure to visit her site and see and learn about some brilliant felting art.  I think the people from Denmark are one of the leaders in the art of felting, but you judge for yourself.  Be to go through all the galleries on her site. the site is call feltmaking.com.

• I was born in 1946.
• I am teacher by training with art, craft and psychology as specialities.
• I have worked with felt for 32 years and I have developed several new felt techniques including the soft sculptural technique and the relief technique.
• I have worked for three theatres and for the Danish TV (set design and dolls)
• I give courses in Denmark and abroad – and I have travelled a lot both as teacher at workshops and to participate in international felt symposiums.
• Among other projects I have made a felting project for women in South Greenland teaching them how to use their wool to make felted souvenirs for the tourists, and I have made Felt in Nature projects in Norway and Denmark.

My book “FILT I FORM” (Felt in Form) was published in 1992. Publisher: Host & Sons Forlag, Copenhagen. Among others things the book describes my special techniques. The book was reprinted in 1998.Now out of print. My second book, “SKULPTUREL FILTNING” (Sculptural Felting), was published in 1999.Now out of print. My third book “NY FILT MED FILTENALEN”, Publisher: Klematis, was published autumn 2003 (English edition “NEW FELT USING THE FELT NEEDLE” published spring 2004) and my latest book “NISSEFILT”. Publisher: Klematis was published 2004(English edition PIXIE FELT published 2005. See the menu for more information about the books.