Featured Artist Anna Kristina Goransson

My background is in furniture making and fiber arts but for the last fifteen years I have been focusing on creating sculptural felt work. In my first few weeks of graduate school, I fell in love with felting and the unique characteristics that wool has to offer.

Wool can be transformed from fluffy, shapeless tufts into strong, three-dimensional forms by just using water and friction. I lay down layers of wool on two sides of a resist (like plastic bag material) and slowly work the fibers together using a bit of soapy water and lots of arm strength. Once the wool fibers are connected, they can never come apart and that is when I can start shaping my forms into three-dimensions

My inspiration usually comes from a melding of ideas about nature’s processes, human emotions, and the beauty of nature’s forms. In a way I use nature’s life cycles as a metaphor for understanding our own life with all its ups and downs.

It has become a passion of mine to share the magic of wool. I teach workshops at various art centers around New England and sometimes internationally. I also exhibit my work in shows both nationally and internationally including solo shows at Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport, MA and Kaleido, in Uppsala, Sweden. I am honored to have my work published in 500 Felt Objects, The Worldwide Colours of Felt, and various fibers magazines.