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Liz Clay

Felt maker and textile artist

Wells, England

  • Textiles
  • Fashion
  • Felt artist
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Trained in the creative arts, I make hand felted textiles for haute couture and one off pieces to commission. Influences are as diverse as the work I produce. Experimental in my approach, nudging the boundaries of an ancient craft towards new and unexpected directions in contemporary practice. British wool plays a significant role in my designs. Working these wools during the felt process is seductive: it's a slow and painstaking process for a high end result. The aim is to surprise and delight.

Focus:
contemporary bespoke textiles
CV:
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Stockists:
  • Livingstone Studio
  • Devon Guild of Craftsmen
  • The New Craftsmen

Made to Commission

24 March 2018

A look behind the workshop doors to reveal how the commissioning process unfolds. Actual work, drawings, sketchbooks and digital images bring to life how selected Devon Guild members work with their client. Liz shows production for Christopher Kane.

Pattern

05 July 2019

A "maximalist" exhibition showing a wide range of patterns! An exhibition of mixed media craftwork by Devon Guild Members. Liz is delighted to showcase new work: hand pleated felt designs which explore the interaction of repetitive segments.

RE-FORMATION

21 July 2019

Liz is delighted to be represented in this landmark Summer Exhibition at the Bishop’s Palace Wells. Liz responds to the history and provenance of the beautiful medieval glass with SHARD: a fusion of de-constructed and re-worked felt making techniques

Trained in the creative arts, I make hand felted textiles for haute couture and one off pieces to commission. Influences are as diverse as the work I produce. Experimental in my approach, nudging the boundaries of an ancient craft towards new and unexpected directions in contemporary practice. British wool plays a significant role in my designs. Working these wools during the felt process is seductive: it's a slow and painstaking process for a high end result. The aim is to surprise and delight.

Focus:
contemporary bespoke textiles
CV:
Download document
Stockists:
  • Livingstone Studio
  • Devon Guild of Craftsmen
  • The New Craftsmen

Made to Commission

24 March 2018

A look behind the workshop doors to reveal how the commissioning process unfolds. Actual work, drawings, sketchbooks and digital images bring to life how selected Devon Guild members work with their client. Liz shows production for Christopher Kane.

Pattern

05 July 2019

A "maximalist" exhibition showing a wide range of patterns! An exhibition of mixed media craftwork by Devon Guild Members. Liz is delighted to showcase new work: hand pleated felt designs which explore the interaction of repetitive segments.

RE-FORMATION

21 July 2019

Liz is delighted to be represented in this landmark Summer Exhibition at the Bishop’s Palace Wells. Liz responds to the history and provenance of the beautiful medieval glass with SHARD: a fusion of de-constructed and re-worked felt making techniques

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