Megan Novak is a Los Angeles-based textile and fiber artist whose work is driven by material exploration, experimentation, and a fascination with the endless sculptural possibilities of fiber.

In her twenties, Megan moved to New York City to work with fiber artist and designer Dana Barnes of Dana Barnes Studio. There, she helped create large-scale sculptures, wall hangings, furniture, and floor pieces for private clients and exhibitions at Ralph Pucci International. Working primarily with wool, she developed experience in knotting, twisting, braiding, weaving, wrapping, crochet, knitting, felting, and macramé—techniques that revealed how pliable fiber could be transformed into nearly any shape or form.

She continued along her own creative path, developing new processes and working with natural materials including wool, silk, cotton, and linen, as well as metallic fibers. Her practice is rooted in curiosity: each body of work begins with an investigation into what a material can do and how familiar textile traditions can be reimagined in unexpected, contemporary ways.

In 2022, Megan collaborated with SPMDesign and Behnisch Architekten to develop five monumental felt topographies for a private workspace. This project led her to create a distinctive method of stitching and sculpting individual strips of wool felt, a process she later named Earth Taffee. The technique evolved further through Cascading Creek, a two-and-a-half-story installation created with SPMDesign for Google’s Mountain View campus.

Whether working at an intimate or architectural scale, Megan continues to explore new materials, techniques, colors, and forms. Her work celebrates the tactile beauty of textiles while drawing inspiration from natural patterns, movement, repetition, and transformation.