Market: Cottage Industry

-- Interior Design, 7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

When spinning straw into gold starts to seem passé, think yarn into china. Novice designer Susanne Feldt got the brain wave to knit forms in pure wool, then dip them in a bath of porcelain cream. The floppy pieces are then baked over a newspaper form at 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit, burning the wool and paper away to leave the hardened mesh intact. The homespun bowls and vases were shown at Germany's most recent IMM Cologne fair in an exhibit sponsored by Rosenthal. 49-151-5595-6730; sfeldt@hfg-karslrhue.de. circle 403