Mixed media artist Alexandra Adamo and children from twelve Boston-area community organizations have been learning about the wonders of wool. They started their journey watching English Angora rabbits prance and play at Waltham Fields community farm. Building relationships with wool-bearing animals right outside the city gave them a firsthand appreciation for the sheep wool they’d use to wet felt tendrils and roots, create abstract panels for vessels, felt paint a patchwork quilt, and needle felt sculptures.

From Farm to Craft Table brought the Community Farm experience to the young artists, as they worked together to create this community “garden.” This vast landscape of blended green wools with its dangling root system and blossomed seeds represents each child and how they’d like to be seen in this bountiful rainbow dreamscape. Their needle felted sculptures reflect their individuality and what they contribute
to the communities they’re growing in. We all experienced a lack of grounding and togetherness during the pandemic, but through this therapeutic collaboration, Adamo and these young creatives regained their footing by laying down seeds and roots.