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ARTIST STATEMENT

FELT is a design company based on the material and idea of felt.

Founded by artist Kathryn Walter, the company specializes in industrial manufactured felts and is unique in its commitment to a material rather than a market allowing it to move into numerous fields including visual art, architecture and design. The versatility of the material is evident in the product lines FELT Home, FELT Fashion and FELT Gift while FELT Custom and FELT Design/Build demonstrate a further range of possibility for fabrication. Clients have included Holt-Renfrew, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Power Plant: Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Bruce Mau Design, Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts and Teeple Architects.

The company emphasizes eco-friendly living. All felts are 80 - 100% wool with varying combinations of virgin and recycled fibres. FELT products are designed using basic geometric patterns that enable low-waste production. Durable and versatile, in a range of products, felt withstands with style the current flux and flow of everyday life. The company's multi-disciplinary edge is carried into cultural studies as Walter also produces and participates in projects that explore the material and history of this unique fabric. This is evident in the work represented in FELT Exhibitions that look at aesthetic, functional and historical aspects of felt--sometimes formally and sometimes ironically-- and highlight the project-based side of FELT, the company. These include shows at The Textile Museum of Canada, The Royal Ontario Museum, The Design Exchange, Canada House, London, UK and Felissimo Design House in NYC. Walter has been involved in these projects either as artist or curator and the works reflect her background in sculpture, installation and critical studies.

Felt is rich in material qualities and social significance; it can be worked as a surface as well as a structure and is associated with modern industrialization. As material, object or vehicle for critical analysis, felt is rich in scope.

FELT(TM) is a trademark of FELT, the company.

CONTACT | Kathryn Walter
t: 416.652.6657
f: 416.652.6657
kwalter@feltstudio.com
www.feltstudio.com