Angela Feltes

Kindred Threads

Handwovens/ Jewelry

I’ve been fortunate to walk a creative path shaped by many mediums—each one an exploration of color, light, and form. For over 30 years, stained glass was my language: teaching it, creating with it, and falling in love with how light dances through color. That love eventually led me into the tactile world of fiber, where I followed a long-held dream of opening a yarn shop—a space where community and creativity intertwined.

Now, from my log home studio nestled in the soft, green hills of southwestern Wisconsin, I return to a slower rhythm—creating fine handwovens, handspun, and hand-dyed yarns. Weaving captivates me. An ancient dance of functionality and art, where fabric grows thread by thread with the shuttle’s passage, and art becomes something to hold, to wear, to live with. There’s a quiet meditation in the process, a rhythm that grounds me. I’m drawn to the intricate play between pattern and texture, and the way color shifts within the structure of a weave—always interacting, always evolving. It’s a language I feel I’ll be learning for a lifetime.

Jewelry-making continues to call me, too. What began with stained glass has carried me into the world of torchworking—shaping molten glass into beads—and now into the shaping, soldering, and hammering of metal-work. This has opened up new dimensions of texture, structure, contrast and the satisfaction of joining elements with care. Metal and glass speak differently than fiber, but they share a spark of alchemy: a transformation through heat, intention, and time.

Though fiber and metal exist in contrast—soft and pliant, sharp and luminous—they both feed my curiosity and delight my hands. They offer infinite rabbit holes to fall into, endless tools to explore, and a lifetime of learning to embrace. That, for me, is the magic of making—there is always something new to discover, and always something beautiful waiting to emerge.