Temple Fawcett

Having grown up loving to draw as a child, I minored in art in college to accompany my music major. My professional work followed a different path, as an elementary teacher and teacher educator. This period did, however, include a wonderful 6 years as an art teacher. When I retired in 1992, that most successful and pleasurable experience contributed to my return to art-making on a regular basis. When I arrived at felt as my medium I was able to build on the courses and workshops that I had taken over the years to form a basis for this exciting field.

My work in felt has grown out of a love of fabric. After a brief period of making non-conventional cloth dolls I discovered feltmaking. My current focus is almost entirely on 3-dimentional figures in the form of women and birds, using a variety of materials and techniques. Traditional wet felting, and especially needle felting, are basic to most pieces. along with a variety of embellishments. Found twigs are now extensively incorporated. The recent “Whirly Birds” are many-legged (or footed) creatures, which come from the variety of twigs I’ve found on my woods explorations.

Temple Fawcett

Orange Whirly Bird

by Temple Fawcett

Homage to MIchelle

by Temple Fawcett

St. Francesca

by Temple Fawcett

Kicking up her heels

by Temple Fawcett

Many-feathered green bird

by Temple Fawcett

Grumpy Blue Bird

by Temple Fawcett

Temple Fawcett

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