Exhibition: Saar Snoek Solo Show – Felted Headwear and Sculptures – Portugal

A young model wearing a unique hat featuring green felt and an eye, promoting the temporary exhibition by artist Saar Snoek, titled 'Living Felt: A Manifesto', at Museu Chapearia from May 16 to September 27, 2026.

The solo show ‘Living Felt: a Manifesto’ of feltmaker, milliner, and painter Saar Snoek features her explorations of 30 hats, sculptural works in felt, and her World of WearableArt (WOW) piece ‘Wild Things’. She creates her work using a variety of fascinating techniques – many of them felting!

“I made these to forget there is a ‘right way’ to make felt. Everything you don’t know is experimental, everything you know technique” — Saar Snoek

When: The show runs until the 27th of September.

Where: Museum da Chapelaria, Museu do Calçado, Rua Oliveira Júnior, nº591, 3700-024 São João da Madeira, Portugal

For more information about seeing the show, visit the Museum’s website – https://museudachapelaria.pt/en/agenda/events/saar-snoek-living-felt-a-manifesto

To see more of Saar’s work and learn about her upcoming workshops, visit her website – https://www.saarsnoek.nl/

Instagram links: @saar_snoek @museudachapelaria

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Event: Dutch Design Week – Wool (RE)Discovered

A bit late, as it is happening NOW, but still of interest: Dutch Design Week has the theme of Wool (RE)Discovered!

The week-long event in Eindhoven, Netherlands, showcases wool’s regenerative potential and reimagines it as a dynamic, living material. From raw fleece in the hands of designers to workshops, demos, and mending sessions, and a variety of talks are scheduled throughout the week.

Dutch milliner and feltmaker Saar Snoek has a workshop on Thursday afternoon on how to felt a whimsical moustache: https://www.neworderoffashion.com/ddw-2025-program/workshop-make-your-own-moustache-using-alpaca-hair

There is a LIVESTREAM with discussions about wool here – https://www.neworderoffashion.com/wool-rediscovered-livestream

For more information about the week, visit the New Order of Fashion’s website – https://www.neworderoffashion.com/ddw-2025-program

Their Instagram @new_order_of_fashion

If you cannot attend in person, there’s an exciting video of the exhibition from visitor Elaine Markoutsas here – https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQBJUu5DXjE/?igsh=MXV1aDQ4cHB3bjQ5bw%3D%3D

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Of Interest: Interview with Saar Snoek in Beautiful Bizarre

The painter and feltmaker, Saar Snoek has a delightful interview about her artistic practice with the online arts magazine, Beautiful Bizarre. Saar’s ‘Werewere Kokako AotearoBra’ was selected for the 2023 World of Wearable Art Show.

To read the article about Saar, visit the magazine’s website – https://beautifulbizarre.net/2023/12/08/saar-snoek-world-of-wearableart/