This is one of those ideas that “just popped into my head”. I was invited to teach felting at a local school, and there would be six back to back classes of junior high school students. The wonderful art teacher loves introducing new and fun mediums to the kids, and at this age group with just 50 minutes in a class – I don’t know how she keeps up.
I asked for guidance, and this idea for what I call the Unity Felt Mural Project was given to me. Act on those inspired ideas! Since this first group who created six interchangeable murals, we have sent off even more to other organizations and schools.
Marie Spaulding, Founder and CEO of Living Felt
Marie Spaulding is an entrepreneur, teacher and fiber artist whose favorite mediums include wool, fibers and objects found in nature.
Since discovering felt making around the turn of the century, her personal hobby became a passion and has morphed into her full time profession.
Through her company Living Felt, she fills her days building community, teaching and facilitating others in creative expression with wet felting, nuno felting and needle felting.
Marie lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Rodney Gene Jr who is a constant source of support and encouragement for all of her creative and professional endeavors.
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