The fine Nobrow comics and art folks are hosting an exhibition of crafted work by Louise Evans, better known to many of us as the Felt Mistress, in their London outlet. Not strictly comics, but Louise has a big following among many of the UK comics creators on the scene because she creates such fab work; the exhibition runs from May 18th to June 23rd, more details on her site here.

Over on Craft Heroes the one and only Ellen Lindner (late of this parish, now taken herself overseas) spotlights the Netherlands’ Jeroen Funke and his work, which combines comics work with some totally fab looking fabric and papercraft work:

“Ellen: When did it become clear that it was something you could integrate into your comics work?

Jeroen: I’m not sure if I really incorporate it in my comics work rather then that I draw from the same sources of inspiration for both my comics and my sewing. I just love to create stuff. And sometimes it becomes a comic, sometimes a 3D monster made from cloth.”

(paper cutting work by Jeroen for the 2009 Dutch 24 Hour Comic Day)

I think these are just fabulous – Evil Crochet Genius has crafted a complete set of all eleven Doctors via the magic of crochet (tip of the hat to Squeezegut Alley for the link)

And on a related note we have to give a shout out to comics and knitting mad creative Lauren O’Farrell. I finally got to meet the woman better known as Deadly Knitshade in person at last year’s Hi-Ex where she was busy knitting a cool Nessie. Well Lauren has not only got her first book out on knitting graffiti (Knit the City) she made this fabulous giant squid – Plarchie – entirely out of old Sainsburys carrier bags and here it is in all its glory in London’s wonderful Natural History Museum alongside that nice Mr Darwin. Brilliant.

(Stephen Downey’s original artwork – with colouring by Mel Cook – for ‘bad rain’ in Insomnia’s Cancertown)

(Ferret’s interpretation of Stephen’s comics art through the medium of quilting; check her blog and look at the large version of this pic, the detail is superb)