Fashioning Felt

Cooper Hewitt Museum has a wonderful exhibit on felt, on of the first fabrics used by man. It's basically wool that is processed so that it's fibers stick together. At the exhibit their was a lovely yurt composed of different textures of felt joined together, all without any sewing. Simply Beautiful.

There was also an exhibit on using natural materials in countries like Costa Rica, Alaska, Bolivia and Micronesia. The Nature Conservancy sent ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design. The featured designers and places include Yves Behar/Costa Rica; Stephen Burks/Australia; Hella Jongerius/Mexico; Maya Lin/Maine; Christien Meindertsma/Idaho; Isaac Mizrahi/Alaska; Abbott Miller/Bolivia; Ted Muehling/Micronesia; Kate Spade/Bolivia; and Ezri Tarazi/China.