Meet the artists
Louise Evans began her career as a fashion designer, but found her real passion when she started stitching cartoony characters from an array of fabrics. She takes inspiration from Japanese toys and Jim Henson puppets. In 2010 her creations sat in the Christmas window display at Selfridges.
Jonathan Edwards is an illustrator who works for The Guardian and produces comic strips for magazines around the world. As well as having his creations rendered in fabric, a character he drew called Inspector Cumulus has been made into a vinyl toy.
Make a monster
Felt Mistress will be running a free workshop at WMC on Saturday 14 December, helping others to create their own textile creatures.
Spaces are limited, so book yours here.
A pack of friendly monsters created by a North Wales couple is heading to Wales Millenium Centre (WMC) for an art display starting Friday 6 December.
The Hiber-Nation includes over twenty 3D creatures created from tweed, wool and flannel from Welsh mills. The concept sketches that these beasties were based on are also on display.
Louise Evans (who professionally goes by Felt Mistress) and Jonathan Edwards have shown their work around the world, but this will be their first exhibition on Welsh soil.
WMC’s Head of Programming Louise Miles-Crust is thrilled to introduce the creativity of this talented Welsh couple to Cardiff Bay.
“Their work is both visually stunning and fun, so we hope that art lovers and families alike will enjoy the exhibition,” she says.
Become acquainted with a few of Felt Mistress’s quirky creations in this video.
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Meet the artists
Louise Evans began her career as a fashion designer, but found her real passion when she started stitching cartoony characters from an array of fabrics. She takes inspiration from Japanese toys and Jim Henson puppets. In 2010 her creations sat in the Christmas window display at Selfridges.
Jonathan Edwards is an illustrator who works for The Guardian and produces comic strips for magazines around the world. As well as having his creations rendered in fabric, a character he drew called Inspector Cumulus has been made into a vinyl toy.
Make a monster
Felt Mistress will be running a free workshop at WMC on Saturday 14 December, helping others to create their own textile creatures.
Spaces are limited, so book yours here.