Grace Mahanes

I relish making things by hand.  Always have.  For years, I knitted avidly.  Later, for more than twenty years, I created and sold jewelry comprised of antique and vintage buttons and watch parts. Finally, I found my true passion: felt making.

Training with masters in the art for ten years honed my skills.  Manipulating soft, colorful, Merino wool roving into such things as hats, purses, vessels, garments, and jewelry feels like pure magic.

My favorite technique? Nuno felting! Who can resist combining lustrous silk fabric and wool roving into a new, artsy, mystifying textile