{"id":74967,"date":"2015-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhgshop.it\/shana-kohnstamm\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:40:06","slug":"shana-kohnstamm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/en\/shana-kohnstamm\/","title":{"rendered":"Shana Kohnstamm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Shana Kohnstamm is a textile artist<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">. She was born in 1970 in Nashville, Tennessee where she currently lives and works. After attending the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the University of Tennessee, she began experimenting. She challenged herself by trying her hand at theatrical painting, jewelry making and stained glass design and fabrication, until she found what was to become her great passion: material wool art.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shana-kohnstamm-d-h-g.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><br><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shana-kohnstamm-dh-g.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><br><br><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">For us, <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Shana has made felt works combining wool<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, waxed linen, embroidery thread and glass beads. The techniques she used for these works were wet felting and needle felting. The result is a delicate collection evoking an enchanted Nature. Her works take us back to a time when we would fall asleep while reading fairy tales and then dream about strange characters and enchanted forests.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shanakohnstamm-dh-g.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shanakohnstammdh-g.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><br><br><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shanakohnstammd-hg.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">We decided give some of Shana&#8217;s soft sculptures an, almost, direct connection with children. Indeed, three of them will be up for sale and the proceeds will be donated to the Pedriatic Oncology Ward of the <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyer.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Meyer Children&#8217;s Hospital in Florence<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">. You can find the artist&#8217;s work for sale at <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/prodottiele_eng.php?rep=15&#038;mac=34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">this webpage<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shanakohnstamm-dhg.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">To find out more about Shana, read her interview on <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/blog\/article-an-interview-with-shana-kohnstamm_272.php\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">our blog<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">.<\/span><\/p><br><br><br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shana Kohnstamm is a textile artist. She was born in 1970 in Nashville, Tennessee where she currently lives and works. 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