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About Tash Wesp, Felting Artist
Artist Statement
I create "nuno" felt which combines fine silk, cotton voile and hand-dyed raw wool. Using just soap and water and agitation, the wool fleece migrates through the fabric to become one seamless piece of clothing – a hat, a bag, a scarf, a vest, as examples.
I have been in the Arts starting at an early age when I performed with a small one-ring Circus in San Francisco. From the Pickle Family Circus, I developed a one-woman show and performed from the streets to the stage throughout America and then Europe. Work brought me to a small coastal town in Oregon where I started a family. I created a hat based on my character from my show, thus my desire to learn to felt.
Now as a studio fiber artist, I put my love of mayhem, fun and frolic into my work. I'm constantly thinking of new patterns, and reinventing and improving on old techniques. Through trial and error and my love of color, I go down many paths, continually experimenting with my designs. Working wool into wonderful, beautiful, solid felted shapes is my passion.
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Exhibitions
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- ForArtSake Gallery, Newport, OR 2008 - present
- Oregon Country Fair, Eugene, OR (yearly) 2005- present
- Shaniko Wool Gathering, Sept 2009
- CINCH Sacramento, CA Sept 2008
- Toledo Art Walk, OR Aug 2008
- Felt Fashion Show-Briseneo Gallery, Mar 2008
- Surface Design Association
- Art In the Pearl, Portland OR 2007
- "Cloth of Many Colors" Klamath Art Gallery, OR Aug 2007
- 9th Street Gallery Newport, OR 2007
- Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR 2006
- Triad Gallery, Seal Rock, OR Dec 2006
- "Felt Work" Up Stairs Gallery Newport, OR Jan 2006
- TouchStone Gallery Yachats, OR 2003-2005
- Runyon Gallery Show Newport, OR 2002-2003
- "Flim, Flam, Felting" One Woman Show 2001
- Visual Arts Center Newport, OR
- Cosmos Art Gallery Newport, OR 1996
"Felting is an endless fascination and delight. The medium is such that I can't copy myself
even though I try."
– Tash Wesp
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