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Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Presents Felting Takes Flight

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February 15, 2017

The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 N. Main Street in Rochester, will host an exhibit during the month of March called Felting Takes Flight- An Artistic Expression through Wool featuring the fiber art of Kris Weyrick-Scott.  Kris Ebbeson, the proprietor of RiverStones Custom Framing and manager of the Franklin Gallery, will hold an opening reception on Friday, March 3, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.  The public is invited and light refreshments will be served.

Kris Weyrick-Scott is a Fiber Artist from Nottingham, NH.  Using wet and needle felting techniques, she turns wool into “paintings” and sculptures - recreating the beauty of nature and bringing it into homes and businesses.  “Flat felting is a way of using wet and needle felting techniques on a flat surface to create pictures that can be hung as a painting or wall hanging,” says Kris.  “Layers of colored wool are either needled felted, wet felted or a combo of both.”  

She has exhibited in galleries throughout New England and has work on permanent display at the Madison Museum of Fine Arts in Madison, Georgia.  She shares her passion for working with wool by teaching at the Fiber College of Maine in Searsport Maine, The Gathering Place Studio and Shop in Somersworth and various wool related shops and gatherings.  “I love natural fiber.  I love the feel, the color, and even the smell.  Using it as a medium for my art work is such a joy.”  To see more of her work please visit her website - www.feltpals.com.

“I am so excited to have this unusual exhibit at The Franklin Gallery,” says Ebbeson. “We sometimes don’t think of fiber creations as “art,” but it definitely is.  Her work is creative and delightfully whimsical.”

RiverStones Custom Framing and the Franklin Gallery are open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For information about the Felting Takes Flight- An Artistic Expression through Wool  exhibit and other RiverStones events and services, call (603) 812-1488 or send e-mail to riverstonescustomframing@gmail.com.  

Contact:
Kris Ebbeson, Owner
riverstonescustomframing@gmail.com. , (603) 812-1488

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