Szilvia SAJTOS
Felt coat, boots and bag with leather appliqué
2021
felt, leather
Photo: SULYOK Miklós
SAJTOS Szilvia
1973, Salgótarján, felt-making applied folk artist
She started out as a leather processing industrial engineer but then found her way to the workd of felting through folk leatherworking. In her works she combines leather and wool, two materials that are also interconnected in their natural state. Her felt works revive ancient motives through the tangling of woollen fbres and have a practical function too, transporting their users from the present and gifing them with a piece of the past. She has had her felt objects juried since 2013. In addition to numerous professional awards, she was awarded the title of Folk Object Making Applied Artist in 2018.
