My sister Élène and I had the pleasure to visit Élisabeth Wannaz’s studio on September 16. Élisabeth is a hat maker and a felt artist. She is very passionate about her trade and works with wool, cotton and silk to invent hats, coats and accessories. Her creativity seems without limits and she has a keen sense of colour and form, an an impeccable work ethic.
Making felt involves many steps where the sense of touch is highly sollicitated.
Élisabeth collects fabric she acquires during her numerous travels and integrate it to her creations which are joyous, colourful , comfortable and warm.
I treated myself to a asiatico-zen beautifully stylized redingote which is part of her collection Carnets de Voyage.
You can see, touch, try on and acquire Élisabeth’s pieces from November 22 to December 2 at the One of a Kind show in Toronto and at the Salon des Métiers d’Art from December 7 to 22 in Montreal.
Bravo ! to artists with a vibrant fibre!
