Gill Brooks

Gill Brooks is a fibre artist who specialises in the ancient craft (with a modern twist) of felt-making. She attended her first workshop in 1994 and has been completely immersed in the medium ever since. She has a studio practice in Marrickville, Sydney where she designs and makes one-of-a-kind and small production runs under her label ‘feltwilde’. She also runs regular felt-making workshops from her studio, community centres, local and regional craft groups, thrilled to be passing on the joys of felt-making to a new audience.

Gill’s work and projects have been featured in various textile books and magazines over the years including Vogue Living, Beautiful Homes, Textiles Down Under and 500 Felts and Felt Magazines.

Her work is sold at Handmade Markets, local galleries and by commission, and happily adorns many a convert worldwide.

 Gills’ practice creates little waste as a lot of her designs are based around re-using and re-cycling her off-cuts and most of her materials are sourced from remnant and op-shops. The merino wool she uses is both sustainable and bio-degradable and as often as possible, sourced locally.