Some things I've been looking at recently:

Phoebe Cummings, Flora, Unfired Clay
Part of Swept Away: Dust, Ashes, and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design at M.A.D.
(lots of great work in this show)

Stephanie Metz, Damask Crow (detail), wool through paper using a felting needle

Stephanie Metz, Avicular #7, needle felted wool and hair

Metz's work is on view at Penland School of Crafts' Focus Gallery