Jaana Mattson

Using delicate layers of dyed roving, Jaana's needle felted wool textiles are built and anchored one wisp at a time with a notched needle until the image becomes fabric. With these materials, one can manipulate light and color in much the same way as an impressionist painter, with the resulting layers of fiber blended by the viewer’s eye. The organic textures of wool and wood energize each other as the textile is recessed into locally milled or reclaimed timber. 

Original works by Jaana Mattson...

Jaana's book "Landscapes in Wool: The Art of Needle Felting" is now available!  The book highlights 50 of Jaana's completed works and 5 full step-by-step tutorials.  Click on the link below to learn more about how to purchase a signed copy directly from Jaana.

Check out the Event Schedule for the latest show locations around the country where you will find Jaana exhibiting her work...

Currently on a hiatus from workshops, but you can also follow Jaana's tutorials with her book or see a few examples of the process on her YouTube channel.  

 Jaana Mattson completed her MFA with a focus in fibers at UW-Seattle in 1999.  Following school she designed and produced art jewelry for 10 years, then returned to her mixed-media roots to explore craft in new and sculptural dimensions through welding, stained glass, encaustic medium and fibers combined with found objects.  Her current work of fiber landscapes in wood began when she picked up a felting needle in 2013 and started to play. Jaana now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, after spending much of her life in Minnesota.