Some of you may think I'm attending art exhibitions all day, every day as a lot of my posts are about art. Even though I go to a lot of exhibitions, I'm not doing it all day, every day. I like to visit as many as possible as the artworks you see are wonderful and can broadens your horizons and motivate you to try and bring out your hidden talents.
The Unitarian church is hosting two exhibitions this week. One was the one I posted about yesterday. If you missed my post, you can check it out here. The other one is hosted by another church in Targu Mures (Marosvásárhely), that is situated at the Ferenc Dávid Ferenc street 1.
This is a new building with an interesting architectural style. Unfortunately at the time of my visit, there were reparation works in progress, so taking a half decent photo was out of the question.
The interior design is impressive as well. This is the conference, or meeting room if you like, that serves as exhibition room in such occasions.
The current exhibition is felt artworks by Anna Lajos. I don't know how much you know about felt art, so here's the definition, that explains you what it is.
Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp–based rayon. Blended fibers are also common. Natural fibre felt has special properties that allow it to be used for a wide variety of purposes. "It is fire-retardant and self-extinguishing; it dampens vibration and absorbs sound; and it can hold large amounts of fluid without feeling wet..." source
For me felt art was not new as I've seen quite a few artworks on the internet and have watched videos as well, about how it's done, have seen felt works at different craft markets, but have never seen an exhibition till now. Obviously I was interested to see it with my own eyes.
If you don't know anything about felt art, I'd recommend to watch this video, to have an idea about the process.
On my way to the church, I was thinking what could I possibly get there, as working with felt is not similar to working with paint or a pencil. I was thinking maybe flowers and landscapes and I was not wrong at all.
Again, pleas excuse the artworks' position on the wall. I tried my best, but since this is not a gallery, the artworks were on chain, therefore their position was not always the right one.
When I entered the room and had a quick look, I knew I will like what is displayed on the walls. The majority of the artworks were flowers, as expected. It's a shame I could not get some closer photos. The top artworks were above my head, so no chance for that. However, I'm telling you here, that after viewing and photographing everything, I went back to have a look at each artwork and decide which one is my favorite. The top one is one of them. It's a simple still life and I love it. It would look great on my orange wall.
The poppy flower is also nice and the green background makes it more vivid.
These are also nice, both of them. I like the color combination of the bottom one, it's so relaxing.
Themes are changing here as these are landscapes, but unfortunately reflection is taking away their artistic value.
And here's the other favorite of mine, the top one, which is a landscape you see if you go to the mountains. Those old houses, made of adobe, haystack next to the house, that was needed to feed the animals. Simple life.
I'll let you decide if this is a flower or kaleidoscope.
Mixing colors in felting is not so easy. You can dye the fibers to have different shades, but once it's done, there's no mixing.
Excuse the reflection here 😁
This was a surprise, a nice one I may add. It seems so precise.
After visiting the exhibition I was thinking what did this exhibition give me and how I feel about it. I do this all the time, after visiting an exhibition. The truth is, I liked it a lot and now I know I'm going to try it out next year, hopefully. It doesn't seem complicated and with a little bit of talent, I think I can create something to proudly hang on my wall. I'll let you know if I get there.
This exhibition was with sale, you could buy the artworks if you wanted and a few were reserved already. This is an excellent way to help amateur artists and promote art by the way. I'm happy to see this initiative spreading. Next week there will be another exhibition and I can't miss that.
So, what do you think about this kind or art? Have you ever seen any felt artworks?
If you're a newbie, you may want to check out these guides:
