Nan Talley/Patti Hodge
Whiteland, Indiana
Patti Hodge began her love for fiber 15 years ago with a small Alpaca herd and one Llama, since than her fiber has grown along with the herd. She started with spinning and soon move to creating through felt. She has taken several class from international felters and fiber artist and spent many hours experimenting with different fibers and styles. She is a collector of any and all felting books from around the world and has tried several projects changing and creating new challenges along the way. Currently She has several felted items on display in a Bank in Bloomington, IN. The showing is a collection of Indiana Fiber Artist.
Originally, an artist using oils as her medium, Nan Talley discovered felting as a result of raising llamas. She had fiber from shearing the llamas and was preparing to take her llamas to a show. She wanted an original farm banner. Nan had seen felt and decided that is how she wanted to make the banner. With emailed direction from a friend in Oregon, she created her first felt piece…..a 3 ˝ X 5 ˝ banner. Thus the love of felting was born. The thirst for learning more felting techniques, she has studied under numerous felting experts and is appreciative of the skills she has learned. She now passes her love of felting to her students. She was invited by the University of Indianapolis to be a guest instructor teaching felting. Having a concept, feeling the movement of fiber under her hands culminating in the creation that was in her mind is the most exciting part of her day. Her felt has been exhibited in Wisconsin , Virginia and Indiana.
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