Beatriz Schaaf-Giesser:
her work is represented in Baarle Nassau at High Five Art
Childhood
Beatriz Schaaf
Germany
Felt, digitally
designed and printed fabric
https://beatriz-schaaf-giesser.de
Felt is a handicraft
that has been made over the last centuries in many countries and in a great
variety. As a professional and teacher of this technique I develop
possibilities of two and three dimensional felt objects. As a textile designer
I aim to work with the surface design either on fabric or on the felt itself.
Many years ago I
began to combine the skills I had developed in both areas and the process of
felting was just perfect. Layers of prefelted wool combined with digitally
designed and printed fabric will completely merge together after the felting
process. This gave me the possibility of bringing strong photographic and
graphic designs on to my feltwork. The themes: childhood, my parents’
emigration to Uruguay after the second world war, settle down and identity.
The old technique
of felting combined with either modern printing or photographical exposures
makes it possible that my artwork becomes a bearer of memories.
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