Susan Mulcock. Flax Fields, towards Stretton Hills

Felted Wool

“Having studied Art and Design in Bradford, the centre of the woollen trade, I became fascinated by wool at an early age. When I discovered feltmaking, I realized what a versatile medium it can be. I enjoy the opportunities it provides to explore a range of aspects of textiles from figurative 2D work, to abstract 3-dimensional forms, to practical, wearable items and garments.

My work at present follows two main threads: landscape wool-paintings and experimental, abstract work that explores the possibilities of felt.

My landscape work involves trying to capture the effects of light as it moves across my field of view, and trying to explain the three-dimensional, organic form of the hills and mountains.

My more experimental work takes its inspiration from all sorts of natural forms:- lichen, fossils, rocks etc. This gives me an opportunity to explore texture, techniques and relief.”