Golden Dawn Bouquet

Title: Golden Dawn Bouquet
Artist: Krista Cutlan 
Medium: Hand crafted merino wool felft, wire stems, matte navy ceramic vessel
Collection: Felted Blooms
Size: 14 Inches high by 8 Inches in Diameter 
Year: 2025

A radiant cluster of sun-kissed blooms emerges from a deep navy vessel in this delicate needle-felted sculpture. Warm orange poppies and marigold-like blossoms glow against creamy white daisies, pale lilies with golden hearts, soft blue thistles, and clusters of tiny white buds on slender stems—all framed by dark green leaves and subtle gray-green foliage. Each petal is meticulously layered by hand, infusing wool with luminous depth and tactile softness that echoes the dreamlike vibrancy of Odilon Redon's late floral pastels.

Where Redon used pastel to capture the inner glow of wildflowers—transforming ordinary blooms into symbols of quiet wonder—this piece reinterprets that poetic light through fiber: ephemeral color made enduring, inviting touch, and forever fresh in a cozy, sunlit corner