Behind the scenes making #reflectedcolor wall sculptures spray painting bright #pink paint on felt
This started out egg-shaped, inspiring these pod forms. What will hatch out? #stonecarving #process
Flesh and bone combined in a sculpture, but this time it's marble, not wool! #stonecarving
#pink #reflectedcolor on my stitched felt #wallsculpture
Reflected pink on white wool felt with various lighting conditions #reflectedcolor #pinkart
'Bird watching' when your art keeps looking back at you. #wooldrawing #fancypigeon #modenapigeon
Experiments with #reflectedcolor and the added effect of sunshine! #pink #stitchedart #feltart
Recognize the source images or ideas for some of these organic #objectofintrigue #wooldrawings ?
That's not ink, charcoal, or paint, those are WOOL FIBERS poked through the paper! #wooldrawing
Making peace with uncontrollable life through art #woolart #wooldrawing #organicart
Adding the black wool to create shadows and depth on a #wooldrawing. #woolart #drawingwithwool
Poking & pushing wool into a #wooldrawing. #organicinspiration #woolart #stephaniemetz
'Sweet Spot'- something simple that becomes magical when you pay attention. #wonderspaces
Just finished this #tabbycat #wooldrawing made of wool poked through paper using a #felting needle.
#unicorn #skull with #lilyflower illustration: faith in the unprovable #unicornskull #shorts
#feltart & #porcupinequills make for threatening art apparently! #scaryart
Preparing a #teddybear #wetspecimen with isopropyl alcohol... #creepycute
Where do teddy bears come from? Like all animals, they start small... #teddybearbaby #creepycute
Felt stitched wall sculpture + reflected pink = #opticalillusion #fiberart #feltart
#eggshell + #feltedwool requires a lot of patience... #woolart #feltart #feltsculpure
Here's my process for making a #wooldrawing by poking wool through paper. #needlefelting
3D-looking image is FLAT paper that I've 'drawn' on by poking brown and black wool thru #wooldrawing
Teddy Bear Skull Anatomical Changes Over Time
Teddy Bear Skull Origins
Stephanie Metz creates biomorphic abstract sculpture that explores the tension created when opposing qualities coexist. She works primarily in wool and industrial felt to create detailed, complex, and mysterious forms that defy their humble origins.
Stephanie Metz lives with her techie husband and two sons in San Jose, where she works from a studio at the Alameda ArtWorks downtown. She has been featured in publications including San Jose's Content Magazine, Adobe Inspire Magazine, American Craft, and 500 Felt Objects. Her work has been included in the Rijswijk Textile Biennial in the Netherlands as well as Sculptural Felt International and Black Sheep, touring exhibitions that visited Europe and Australia. Her numerous group exhibitions include FiberArt International at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and the Museum of Quilts and Textiles in San Jose, Formex Stockholm 2008 in Sweden, and Transmission:Experience Singapore.