Gallery of KC Lowe's Felted Wool and Silk Designs

Descriptions of the Gallery Pieces

"Vermillion"—White Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through 33 meters of white silk gauze and then hand dyed.
Private collection.

"Aurora Dreaming the Sea"—White Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through 33 meters of crotal dyed silk crinkle crepe and silk habotai. Hand over dyed. Lurex surface inclusions. Shows/Awards: Selected for the juried exhibition Earth, Fire & Fibre XXV, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, 2005. National NICHE award winner, surface design, 2006.
Private collection.

"Autumn"—Champagne Australian merino wool fibre hand felted though 28 meters of white silk mesh and white crinkle crepe. Hand dyed. Lurex surface inclusions.

"Wholly, Holey, Holy"—Six pieces. Hand felted, hand dyed natural Australian merino wool. Beaded silk scarves hand dyed separately.
Private collection.

"Kelp"—White Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through white silk gauze. Hand dyed.
Artist's collection.

"Old Flame, New Flame II"—White Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through white silk mesh. Hand dyed. Shows/Awards: National NICHE award finalist, clothing, 2004. Selected for the juried exhibition Earth, Fibre & Fibre XXV, 2006, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, one year exhibition tour.

"Last Tango"—Hand and commercially dyed Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through matrix of silver mesh.
Artist's collection.

"MyMoth for Shawl and Wall"—Hand dyed 17 micron Australian merino wool fibre, hand felted through matrix of black crinkle crepe silk. Hand dyed tussah silk fibre inclusions. Shows/Awards: Selected for the juried exhibition Earth, Fire & Fibre XXIV, 2003, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, one year exhibition tour.
Artist's collection.

"WrapBohdi in Blue"—Two pieces. Larger piece—White Australian merino wool hand felted through white silk mesh and hand dyed. Soy fibre surface inclusions. Smaller piece—Spiral dyed Australian merino wool hand felted through a matrix of separately hand dyed silk habotai. Tussah silk fibre surface inclusions. Shows/Awards: Included in juried exhibition Warm in Winter—Cool in Summer Wearable Arts Exhibition—Museum of Applied Art, Budapest, Hungary, 2004.

"Monarch for Margaret"—Commercially dyed Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through matrix of printed silk chiffon. Lurex and tussah silk surface inclusions. Shows/Awards: Selected for the juried exhibition Taking Flight—13th International Surface Design Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, 2005.

"Gaudi Night"—Spiral dyed Australian merino wool hand felted through a matrix of black silk crinkle crepe. Hand dyed tussah silk surface inclusions.
Artist's collection.

"Indigo"—White Australian merino wool hand felted through matrix of white silk seersucker. Hand dyed.
Private collection.

"Sunrise, Sunset"—Champagne Australian merino wool hand felted through matrix of pale yellow eyelet chiffon, then hand dyed. Shows/Awards: NICHE award finalist, clothing, 2006.
Private collection.

"Highland Heart"—Spiral and commercially dyed Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through matrix of hand dyed silk habotai. Lurex and hand dyed tussah silk surface inclusions.
Artist's collection.

"Old Flame, New Flame"—White Australian merino wool fibre hand felted through matrix of white silk gauze, then hand dyed. Shows/Awards: Selected for the juried exhibition Warm in Winter—Cool in Summer Wearable Arts Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary, 2004.
Artist's collection.


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