Deborah Roberts
Deborah Roberts has been making felt for over fifteen years. Using ancient techniques she makes contemporary pieces for interiors: wall hangings, pods and vessels and wearable items such as scarves and jewellery. Her MA in Textiles was the culmination of five years’ work developing a variation of the Nuno technique – felting wool fibres onto woven materials, such as silk and cotton, to create soft, textured fabrics. More recently the artist has been making
hand-felted vessels using a variety of techniques to make the felt and then to manipulate the surfaces. She also makes large wall hangings and wearable
scarves. As a feltmaker, Deborah continues to change people’s perceptions of felt and shows how this ancient fabric is a contemporary material for object making.