Molly Williams MSDC
Feltmaking
Molly is a professional textile artist and designer craftsman specialising in figurative felt sculpture and mixed media textile art and design.
Experimentation and innovation are her principal driver combined with a love of fibres and fabrics, notably the properties of wet felted wool fibres.
Figures sculpture, informed by the movement and emotion of Contemporary and Modern dance, have been a feature of her work for several years. She has taught her wet felt sculpture technique in workshops in the USA and online.
Molly's current work reflects her new home in Shropshire, both the countryside and its rich social history. She is experimenting and developing work using natural dyes and British wools and is producing new 2D and 3D abstract and figurative fibre art.
Molly was fortunate to spend her childhood in Africa and Turkey when her passion for Turkish and Ottoman design began. Her pattern design work is largely informed by Turkish textiles and ceramics, that echo their culture and environment; patterns full of memory and metaphor that link us to a mutual past. Her designs are digitally printed on fabric to create Ottoman style kaftans, jackets and decorative wall hangings and surface pattern design.
She accepts art and pattern design commissions at home and abroad
Molly runs her business from a garden studio at her home.
Postgraduate Certificate Textiles – Manchester Metropolitan University 2023
BA(Hons) Embroidered Textiles Middlesex 2008
QTS Design and Technology (Textiles) 2009
Exhibitions and Memberships
Society of Designer Craftsmen MSDC
- Mall Galleries 2009 -2013
Prism Textile Art
- Mall Galleries, London 2008 – 2014
- Hiscox Centre, London 2016
- Hoxton Arches Gallery, London 2015 – 2019
Galleries and Commisions
- Private commissions - figurative felt sculpture, pattern design for interiors and fashion.
- T Wells Gallery, Tonbridge Wells, Kent
- Pure Arts 2013
Workshops
- In studio workshops
- Online workshops - Contemporary dancer and Contemplative Figures
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Julia designs and creates semi-abstract felted wallhangings and unique handknits from her own hand dyed and natural wensleydale fibre.
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Sophie Harrison is a Felt maker creating Wearable Art. Her love of nature is reflected in her unique handmade clothing and accessories.
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Reflecting on Reflections, 2022. Wet felted Shetland wool, viscose and sequin fabric.
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Moira Searle is a Textile Artist who makes unique, handcrafted clothing for women. Her work reflects her love of the sea and shoreline.
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Sarah is a traditional feltmaker who uses contemporary techniques to produce functional and sustainable work.
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