About

Joy Muller-McCoola

Joy Muller-McCoola spends a lot of time thinking about water, which makes sense, considering Earth is basically more water than land, and she’s built her creative practice around paying attention to it.

Her work, presented under the name Joy Woolworks and also featured at www.joymuller-mccoola.com, is rooted in shifting landscapes, rising tides, climate change, and the quiet chaos of nature doing whatever it wants anyway. She often studies the world from above, tracing rivers, coastlines, and terrain like an environmental cartographer who may or may not be emotionally negotiating with geography.

When she’s not contemplating the planet’s watery moods, she’s usually elbow-deep in soap, water, and sheep wool. Joy works in the ancient craft of wet felting, transforming raw wool into richly textured surfaces and sculptural forms using nothing but her hands, water, and soap. No machines, no shortcuts, just tradition, patience, and an impressive tolerance for dampness. The process is tactile, meditative, and occasionally leaves her looking like she lost a very polite argument with a sheep.

www.joymuller-mccoola.com