FELT exhibitions

A Felt Feeling: From Home to Handbag

Curated by Ed Keall, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
November 8, 2003 to April 12, 2004

Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents A Felt Feeling: From Home to Handbag, until Monday, April 12, 2004. On display in the ROM's European Temporary Exhibition gallery, this new ROM-curated exhibition will explore the ingenious ways in which felt has been used throughout history and today. Drawn mainly from the ROM's rarely-seen permanent collection of ethnographic and fashion design felts, this intimate exhibition will be augmented by several external loaned pieces, including four original pieces by Toronto-based visual artist Kathryn Walter.

A Felt Feeling will illustrate felt's little-known versatility, explaining its physical characteristics and how it is manufactured. It will also explore the historical connection between felt and the sheep-herding societies in which felt was most widely used.