Ezster Burghardt, and artist based in Vancouver, BC, has created stunning imagery made entirely out of wool. The artwork is called Fjord of Wool and is inspired by the cliffs, the sea, and sheep she encountered while she resided in Western Fjord of Iceland.
She learned the art of working with raw wool and reconstructed the landscape. The messy and tedious act involves cleaning, dying, felting, and knitting the raw wool. To create her artwork, wool from Icelandic sheep farms and old wool sweaters were used. To dye the wool, Kool-Aid was used to make the dioramas.
The images she captured with her camera do not use any computer based added effects and she managed to use as much natural lighting as possible. Her work has been published and exhibited all over Canada and was the winner of the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Festival in 2010. She is also represented by the Herringer Kiss Gallery and Bau-Xi Gallery.
Have a look below at some of the very cool scenarios she has created using raw wool, dye, and photographing skills. And more imagery can be found at her site.
