Hungary, 2004
"Warm in Winter; Cool in Summer," an international exhibition of wearables was installed in the magnificent Institute of Applied Arts in Pest. With its green and gold tiled roof and bright white Moorish interior the building itself was worth the trip!
           
The Institute Main floor At the entrance
to the exhibition		 Judit Pocs
Hungary
           
Roz Spier
USA		 Ursula Suter
Switzerland		 Anna Vidak
Hungary		 Jennifer Zimmerman
USA
           
Jorie Johnson
Japan & USA		 Elena Saari
Finland		 Charlotte Schmish
Germany		 Heidi Greb
Germany
 
"Thee, Made of the Hair of Sheep," an international exhibition of carpets, wall-hangings and sculpture was shown in the Hungarian National Gallery in Buda Castle.
           
"Snow Hut"
Tuula Nikulainen
Finland		 Traditional
Turkmen
carpet		 "Flag"
Gabriella Helenbach
Hungary		 "Happy Days"
Turid Kvalvaag
Holland
           
Screen
Marti Csille
Hungary		 "Day and Night"
Bopanov Alibay
Kazakhstan		 "Sigill Sign"
Gisella Todemann
Germany		 "Water Woman"
Sharon Costello
USA
 
World Meeting of Felt Art
at Lakitelek, in the country south of Budapest

We had six days of classes, exhibits, slide shows, Hungarian dancing, singing, a fashion show and more! I particularly loved the yurt village.

           
Left, above is the very large and magnificent yurt made by the Hungarian feltmakers' guild. As many as 40 people could be seated inside. My favorite was less traditional, center and right, above. Its sides consisted of a several richly decorated panels joined in a single continuous piece.
           
The delegation from Kyrgyzstan showed us how to take down, move and put up a yurt.
              
I studied Kyrgyz crafts. On the left we are making samples of shirdak, a Central Asian carpet made in layers of felt, elaborately stitched together. On the right is chiij, matting made of reeds wrapped with colored wool and woven together.
           
Making alakiiz, a traditional carpet, wet-felted and rolled.
 
Festival of Folk Arts in Budapest

The festival featured felt art. A yurt village erected on the grounds of Buda Castle was the site of exhibits and ongoing demonstrations of felt-making and related crafts.

     
Left, Buda Castle is in the background as the yurt village is put in place. Right, a view of the festival and the Danube from the Castle grounds.
 
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