FELT press

	Blueprint, Living Room, November/December, 2007 "More Reasons to Hibernate" FELT Log tote helps you get a handle on all your firewood and looks nice by the hearth.
	Globe and Mail, Style, November 10, 2007 "Felt Up" by Amy Verner Kathryn Walter feels so strongly about felt she named her company after the material. Handbags are just the beginning at the FELT studio. She also makes lampshades, a tote for the fireplace, storage nests and wall installations for internationally influential architects… Felt has currency in residential and commercial environments alike.
	Philadelphia Enquirer, LifeStyle, September 28, 2007 "Felt notes" by Joy Deangdeelert Cho Felt has become a perennial favorite in home decor. Why the staying power? Its ability to serve a variety of functions. Logging in: Get ready to fuel the fire (and store surplus wood) with FELT Studio’s handy Log Tote.
	Toronto Star, Saturday, January 20, 2007 "Brighten your life with lovely lamps" by Vicky Sanderson Rather than going to your local home improvement emporium for a new lighting fixture, consider a hand-made piece by a homegrown Canadian designer… Kathryn Walter's Hanging Pearl Lamp is made from die-cut waste material.
	USA Today, Life Section, October 13, 2006 "Ever felt this way before?" by Mary Cadden Naturally soft and pliable, felt is a snug fit for the home. Not only is it "cozy and warm," says Kathryn Walter, founder and artist at FELT, a design company based on the material, but "it is also organic." Her natural white two-tier shade is made from ½' thick wool felt stitched onto wire.
	EYE Weekly, February 23, 2006 "Rooms of Their Own: What is Behind Alternative Design?" a review of "Come Up To My Room 2006" Toronto's Alternative Design Show by David Balzer Walter's contribution is a tongue-in-cheek, partly anthropological take on felt..."I like the idea of taking the model of a company and doing something different with it," says Walter. "The private sector doesn't always have to be corporate - there is a possibility for critical, interesting work there that's concerned with more than just the bottom line."
	Chatelaine, February 2006 "Soft Touch" Trends in Home Accessories by Karen Eull The felt that designers use today is made based on an ancient technique of matting fibres into a dense, durable fabric. Designers love that it is strong and flexible - perfect for creating a range of products. Best of all, felt is made form wool, which is a natural, renewable resource.
	Contract, November 2005 "Felt It" Material Column by Sophia Galadza Because she works with the material and consults with designers looking to use it, Kathryn Walter has teamed up with her brother in manufacturing to refine industrial felt.
	Canadian Architect, September 2005 "Checking In - The Gladstone Hotel Invites the Art and Design Community to Give it more than a Facelift" by Leslie Jen Kathryn Walter's virtuosity in the properties of felt is expressed in an entire wall composed of an ordered grid of highly tactile grey felt semi-spherical bubble tiles, enhanced by the presence of a felt-covered chair and felt lamps casting diffuse light throughout the room. This soft and inviting absorptive environment creates a cozy womb-like capsule, not unlike an elegantly padded cell.
	C magazine, Fall 2005 "Remnants" a review by Deborah Root Kathryn Walter's performance installation seeks to reveal ephemeral traces of the past, reminding us that our memories are always provisional and contingent on what we are willing to see... If production has become a kind of religion, Walter reminds us that there is always a working body at it foundation.
	dwell, October/November, 2004 "Green on Green" Sustainability 101 by Amara Holstein We've come a long way from the days when sustainability meant ugly and inefficient. On the following pages, you'll find a plethora of goods that have perfectly reconciled earth-friendly features with innovation and style... FELT - Kathryn Walter established her design company to maximize the sustainable potential and sculptural qualities of felt...
	Style at Home, February 2004 "Felt Goods" Seen and Noted by Mara Subotincic Thick, flexible and cosy, felt has been saddled with a blandly utilitarian image. In the hands of today's hippest designers, however, this material has been dusted off and revitalized in stylish new incarnations for around the home. Surface Chair, Hanging Pearl lamp by Kathryn Walter/FELT
	AZURE, January/February 2004 "Surface Treatment" Design File by Jordan MacInnis Yabu Pushelberg's choices reflect a trend toward wallcoverings that are rich with possibilities. Thin layers of upholstery, leather and carpet are being applied to walls, lending public spaces the intimate feel of private rooms. Pictured: Rippled felt wall surface, used as a central wall in an office, was designed by Johnson Chou and Kathryn Walter
	North Toronto Post/The Village Post, December 2003 "Arts Round Up" ROM exhibition review by Julie Greco Walter became interested in working with felt in 1997 when, as a curator, she began researching the material and put together a book on felt for the Textile Museum of Canada. She quickly became interested in felt's sustainability as a renewable, recyclable fibre in addition to its aesthetic value. "Now everything I do is tied to felt" she says.
	Saturday Night magazine, October 17, 2003 "Take a Chair" Style review by Jocelyn Laurence We all own more chairs than we do any other item of furniture. Fortunately, they serve the purposes of both utility and decoration. A good chair is not only comfortable but also pleasing to the eye, much like the chairs on the following two pages... Includes: Surface Chair by Kathryn Walter/FELT, Eglinton Chair by Scot Laughton, Gehry High Sticking Chair, How High the Moon Chair by Shiro Kuramata, 2.4 Chair by Omer Arbel and Niilo Chair
	Globe and Mail, Review section, Saturday, June 28, 2003 "In time for Canada Day, 11 of Canada's design gurus pick the country's iconic objects from a cookie to a felt bag" Pick by Rachel Gotlieb: Walter created a design that is clean and simple but oh-so-stylish partly because of its triangular shape and partly because it's pink (with grey trim)... Her novel application of this industrial material gives the bag that extra pizzazz... Best of all, when I carry it, no matter where I am, strangers and friends admire it and pay me the compliment that I have great taste.
	Canadian Interiors, March/April 2003 "It's about the Design Show" review by Julie Allin Canadian designers were in the forefront of the fifth annual Interior Design Show in Toronto...New this year was Studio North, a showcase of the work of 24 Canadian designers/makers and artisans. This was arguably the highlight of the show.
	Interior Global News Update, online magazine, April 2003 "Felt Finds its Designer" International Textiles Review Kathryn Walter's design using sustainable and recyclable industrial felt is an object lesson.
	FW: The Art of Living, on-line magazine, November 2002 "Fashionable FELT" a profile by Marlie Cooper Through her design company, FELT, Walter lets her medium pick its own message-felt determines the product... Her handbags are the epitome of modern style, they're durable, versatile and environmentally friendly.
	Canadian House and Home, Style Files, September 2002 Modern design meets age-old material in the work of FELT designer Kathryn Walter, a profile by Samantha Sacks Visual artist and designer Kathryn Walter gives one of the world's most ancient fabrics a modern twist with FELT - her ultrasleek line of homewares and purses. Walter has elevated what is arguably the first man-made material into the most up-to-date environs with custom chairs, log totes, pillows, hearth rugs, handbags and more.
	FRAME, May/June, 2002 Of Zen Retreats and Porno Shafts, a review by Carly Butler The New Landscapes exhibit at the Design Exchange featured prototypes that addressed issues of sustainable design. Here we saw an exciting variety of creative solutions including Kathryn Walter's seductive FELT armchair.
	The National Post, Post Décor, Saturday, April 6, 2002 Designed In Canada, an exhibition review by Tracy Picha In New Landscape: Design Transforms Canadian Furniture, the pieces reflect the lighter, flexible and more playful design that has begun to shape furnishings for office and home. "The industry is smaller, leaner and more sophisticated in its design and more innovative in its use and choice of materials" says Rachel Gotlieb curator of the exhibition.
	Tandem, "The Lifestyle Weekend Paper," March 24, 2002 A Modern Take on an Ancient Form, a profile by Mark Curtis Walter likes the idea that her company is based on a material rather than a product and that this starting point allows her to move in different directions. She uses industrial felts and the geometric designs of her products create a modern sensibility for a fabric that was created when, as the legend goes, shepherds lined their sandals with sheeps' wool.
	Globe and Mail, Style Section, Saturday February 16, 2002 Show Highlights, a review of the Interior Design Show by Karen Von Hahn Textile artist Kathryn Walter's use of humble industrial felt for everything from ottomans and carpets to bags and pillows is modern, innovative and artful.
	Vegetarian Times, February, 2002 Eco-chic, product profile by Danny Seo FELT handbag made from wool and recycled fibers Create sustainable style from recycled remnants
	MUSE magazine, Winter 2001 The Felt Experience, a workshop review by Rebecca Duclos and Kathryn Walter Culture and industry found common ground in an educational experience that was truly felt.
	Parachute: Contemporary Art magazine, Montréal, spring 2000 an exhibition review by Caroline Langill Wandering through the exhibit with its vignettes and artifacts relating to Canadian history one is struck by a common cultural dependence on this fabric and the way it has insinuated itself into our lives.
	Elm Street magazine, Toronto, October, 1999 Fashion Folder, an exhibition review by David Livingstone It's ironic that in the last several seasons leading into the new millennium so many clothes have been made from cloth with the firm, matted, drapeless feeling of felt, which is among the most ancient of materials. However, irony may turn out to be but a cheap thrill compared with the complex of meanings explored in the exhibition at the Museum for Textiles.
	Globe and Mail, October 16, 1999 Deeply felt, an exhibition review by Gary Michael Dault A New exhibition at Toronto's Museum for Textiles looks at the uniquely Canadian heritage of that most humble of materials.