FROM MONIKA,

Received from Monika in Scotland, June 2012.

In the beginning of June I received the most amazing natural textile letter from Monika. I have got to know Monika through her flickr red2white, but she also have a very nice blog. Monika comes from Slovakia, but lives with her husband and two children in Inverness. When Monika moved to Great Britain she learned to felt. She loves the process of the raw wool when it is transformed into a cloth. She likes cloth a lot and see felt just as one out of many.

If you want to purchase some of Monika's felted wool, you can do it here.

The full textile letter, all natural.

Homespun yarns made by Monika in naturally wool colors. So beautiful and full of texture.

I’m not sure what this is, it is very fragile. I’m so much in love with the structures, surfaces and colors.

A cloth of patcwork, where different kinds of fabrics have been sewn together. On top an eucaluptos leaves. The detail of the printed is so rich and full of details in the colors.

A little book with different kinds of wool felted. Each one gives a new expression.

Dear Monika, thank you so much for this so pretty and beautiful letter. The small fragile pieces will soon be hanging in my studio.

FROM AMANDA R.

Received from Amanda in Canada, June 2012.

I feel so lucky as I have received a second letter from Amanda. Her pretty handhandwriting and the envelop itself is always a treat for the eye. The first letter from her can be seen here.
Amanda is a photo based artist living in Toronto and she makes the most stunning photos. You can read about her photo process here and here.
Recently she has got her very first loom, a LeClerc with 4 shafts, as she likes textiles a lot. Eventhough it's small loom there is still so many options, as long as the weaver have a playful mind. You can weave with overtwisted threads in plainweave together with twill, or make stribes in the denting of the reed, with open-tight, being openminded is the best way to create.

The pretty envelop with Amanda's very fine handwriting, which I love so much.

Amanda always surprises me, here she has written the letter on a piece of fabric. It look japanese to me, like a tie-dyed with indigo.
Amanda is interested in how contemporary artist use craft in their practices, and how people make a living making textiles.

The letter contains a pretty stamp from India her friend Sanjay gave to her. Amanda is dreaming about visiting India with her boyfriend next year.
The little piece of thread is cotton. Right now she is weaving towels of it and finaly pretty initials of my name; KNR.

Dear Amanda, thank you so much for this letter. Your letter written on the fabric will soon be in my studio.

FROM FLAURETTE.

Received from Flaurette in France, May the 29.

A new fantastic letter have arrived in my mail box from Flaurette who have the most amazing blog Floddertje. All her photos is like a fairytale, full of mystery. I always love to visit her blog.
If you are interested in discovering more of Flaurette's work she is also on tumblr and pinterest.

Flaurette lives in a small house in an area which is well known for it's wine and delicious food -the best goat cheese EVER!! together with it's majestic castles. I love visiting old castles. They are so full of mystery and I always imagine how it was to live there, so many years ago.
Flaurette is studying Art History at the University and is at the moment achieving her second year of master. She is working on the writings of a belgian painter from the XIXth Century, her favourite historical period. Fascinating!

I have got a package full of papergoods and I love it!
Flaurette writes to me, my textile letter to her was like finding a Sunshine. It makes me so happy to hear.

My beautiful letter full treasuries.

 Flaurette's handwriting is so beautiful. Love!

Black and white photo and a quote by Benjamin Disraeli; Life is to short to be small.

Another black/white photo.

The pom pom's is from Holland where Flaurette is born.

Beautiful pressed lilac flowers. There is still a little bit of a lovely smell left in them.
I think they are from Flaurette's kitchen.

Pretty envelop folded of a comic magazine.

Dear Flaurette, thank you so much for this amazing letter full of treasuries. The quote is going to be at my studio wall later today.

Soon I will send you a new letter with histories and photos about my travels to Peru and Japan.

FROM SABINE.

Received from Sabine in Germany, May the 29.

I have got a letter without words from Sabine.
I know Sabine through her flickr Virginhoney. Sabine is an artist and illustrator and some of her work can be seen here, here, here and here. I really think her work is full of poetry and there is so much fairytale in it too. Love, love, love.

The beautiful package from Sabine. Everything from the fabric to the little card to the small tags is amazing.

Inside the package I found a flat little box with colorful fabric squares on. And inside that  two envelopes made of transperant paper. Again with a square on.

The letter from Sabine is full of joy, Summer, colors and sweetness. I love the mix of squares in different kinds of combinations.
There were actually six candyes in the letter, but I have a very sweet tooth and when opening the letter, I ate two and after the photoshoot all is gone. Yummi!

Dear Sabine, thank you so much for your lovely letter full of joy. I will hang the squared fabric in my studio.

FROM KIM.

Received from Kim, shipbuilding in Australia, May the 21.

shipbuilding is such an amazing blog, and the owner Kim have just sended me this letter. I have been following shipbuilding for a while now and I always go in there, hoping Kim have made a new blogpost. Her photos, weavings, words, everything is so beautiful and I'm so happy we have started to exchange letters.

The letter from Kim, each piece is wrapped inside some handpaper paper. It was fantastic to cut off a little string and open.

The letter were written on a doily in paper. So pretty!

Weaving sample in twill in very fine silk and cotton.

Pretty transperant leafes like the Gauze weavings.

Beads!

Kim's card and some of her favorite yarns and colors. Pretty!

A little origami bird in gold and white paper.

Small strings from each little package.

Dear Kim, thank you so much for your lovely package. Your twill sample will soon be hanging in my studio.

FROM ELISABETH, no. 2.

Received from Elisabeth in USA, May the 21.

My second letter from Elisabeth arrived yesterday. I think it's wonderful to be able to keep on writing with people and to get to know them a little bit better. My first letter from Elisabeth can be seen here.
Elisabeth weaves the most fantastic deflected double weave textiles, also known as cell weaves and I have fallen in love with them a long time ago. This time she send some of her samples to me. I feel so lucky.

Pretty, pretty, pretty!!!

This one is my favorite, as the colors interact in such a beautiful way. Also I think there is a very good contrast in the thick soft wool together with the more fine and shiny cotton.

Elisabeth were so sweet to send me some drafts too of the weaving technique.

Dear Elisabeth, thank you so much for this amazing letter. This time I'm going to make a little book and put your samples in it, so I can take it with me everywhere.