Cindy Kennelly

I create all different types of 3D objects and wall art out of wool. I create these pieces using either a wet felting or a needle felting method (or sometimes both!)

• Wet felting consists of layering wool, adding olive oil soap and water and agitating it. 

• Needle felting is a process where wool is manipulated with special needles. The needles have notches that catch the wool fibers and weave them together to produce the desired shapes.

This ages old method of creating wool was originally used to make only clothing. Most of my work utilizes a wet felting process. I layer wool, add water and olive oil soap, and agitate the wool layers as they form into felt. 

EDUCATION

I have studied all aspects of felting: needle felting, wet felting, and nuno felting. My favorite pieces incorporate at least one of these processes in the work.

Studied under:

Ellen Silberlicht, 3D Fiber Art, LexArt, Lexington, MA

Renate Maile-Moskowitz, Smithsonian Associates

Natalya Brashoveskaya, Master Felt Apparel Design, Nicosia, Cyprus

Niki Collier, Dublin Ireland, “Stained Glass” Wool Felting

College of Felt and Fiber Arts

Flóra Carlile-Kovács. FloraFelts, Seattle, Washington

Natasha Smart, Natasha Smart Textiles

Rosie Pink Studio

Fiona Duthie, Surface Design

Fiona Duthie, Dynamic Surface Design in Felt

Elizabeth Stubbs, Emerson Umbrella, Concord, MA

Eva Camacho-Sanchez, Lana Made Textiles, East Hampton, MA

Jodi Colella, FiberLAB Studio, Somerville, MA

Anna Kristina Goransson, The Eliot School, Jamaica Plain, MA

Kristy Kun, Opulent Fibers

Lena Archbold, Textile Art & Design

AFFILIATIONS

Northeast Feltmakers Guild

Fiber Art Now

Surface Design Association

AllSheMakes.org (Curated online directory for women creatives worldwide)

EXHIBITIONS

2024

• Illumination, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

• FEAST, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

• Lyrical, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

2023

• Let There Be Light, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA

• NorthEast Feltmakers Exhibit, LARAC Gallery, Glens Falls, NY

• Lasting Impressions, Gallery Twist, Lexington MA

• WILD Spring, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA

• Seasonal Sales, Artisan’s Gallery, New London, NH

• Sensory Play, Creative Hub of Worcester, Worcester, MA

• FLOW, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

2022

• Felt Stained Glass Exhibition, Pearce Museum, Dublin, Ireland, juried by Niki Collier

• Felt Stained Glass Exhibition, Gallery Kabllo, Vienna, Austria

• Flights of Fancy, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

• Seasonal Sales, Artisan’s Gallery, New London, NH

• Ukraine Fundraiser, GalleryZ, Lowell, MA

• Flora and Fauna, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA

• All She Wrote Books, Somerville, MA

• Put Together, GalleryZ, Lowell, MA

• Exploring the World of Fibers, LexArt, Lexington, MA,

• Make Peace Not War, coordinated by Corinna Nitschmann

• Bright!, GalleryZ, Lowell, MA

• Illuminatation, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

2021

• Juried Members Show, Concord Art, Concord, MA

• Exploring the World Of Fiber, LexArt, Lexington, MA

• Seasonal Sales, Artisan’s Gallery, New London, NH

• Cool, Calm, and Collected, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

• Human/Nature, Mosesian Arts Center, Watertown, MA

• Looking Up, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

• Artisan’s Fair, Wakefield, MA

• The Chemistry of FiberLab, LexArt, Lexington, MA

• Seasonal Opening, Avenue C Exhibit, Southboro, MA

2020

• Private Exhibition, Gallery of the Burroughs, Northborough MA,

• Illumination, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

• Seasonal Sales, Artisan’s Gallery, New London, NH

• Functional Art, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA

• Avenue C and Friends, ZXZZZFXF

2019

• Perceptions of Self, Mosesian Gallery in Watertown MA,

• Sensory Show, Mosesian Gallery in conjunction with Perkins

  School for the Blind

• Illumination, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

2018

• Calendar, 2018 Concord Art 2019 Calendar

• Concord Art Walk, Concord Book Store

• In the Dark Forest, Concord Museum Festival of Trees

• Colors! TheW Gallery in Wayland