about Needle Felted Wool Landscapes
Using delicate layers of dyed roving, Jaana's needle felted wool textiles are built and anchored one wisp at a time with a notched needle until the image becomes fabric. With these materials, one can manipulate light and color in much the same way as an impressionist painter, with the resulting layers of fiber blended by the viewer’s eye. The organic textures of wool and wood energize each other as the textile is recessed into locally milled or reclaimed timber.
Classes
The new teaching studio is here! River Bottom Studio is in Marshall, NC, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains along the French Broad River. Come stay and play, just 25 minutes from Ashville, NC.
Marshall workshops are now available for registration.
Online tutorials are in development alongside correlated kits of roving, materials and tools to work each composition. Coming soon...
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Check out Jaana's Book: Landscapes in Wool: The Art of Needle Felting
Jaana's book "Landscapes in Wool: The Art of Needle Felting" highlights 50 of the artist's completed works and 5 full step-by-step tutorials, loaded with images. You can find a copy through most booksellers or online retailers, or click on the link below to purchase a signed copy directly from Jaana.
About Jaana Mattson
Jaana Mattson completed her MFA with a focus in fibers at UW-Seattle in 1999. Following school she designed and produced art jewelry for 10 years, then returned to her mixed-media roots to explore craft in new and sculptural dimensions through welding, stained glass, encaustic medium and fibers combined with found objects. Her current work of fiber landscapes in wood began when she picked up a felting needle in 2013 and started to play. Jaana now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, after spending much of her life in Minnesota.