A hunt

More needle felt! Gosh, it's so easy. Very fun and relaxing.

Anyways. The green guy is fully posable (he can even open his mouth) and I made him at least a couple of weeks ago. Orangey dude is fully posable and I made him yesterday.

Green won... for today, anyway. Most of the time they sit looking pretty and cuddly.

Yeah.

For those who read my artist's comments, you will now learn that I am making wings. I've got one wing 90% finished. It took my whole day. It felt like much longer, but I shouldn't complain because it looks awesome. As I cannot commandeer a model, I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but I definitely will get something up once I finish the pair.

What else? Oh. Again, if you want to adopt either of these guys, just send me a note. They won't be very expensive, they're only 3 or 4 inches tall.

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This creation was made with a type of crafting called needle felting. Basically what happens is I take a bunch of loose (i.e. roving) wool and jab it with a needle (many, many times). The wool bonds to itself, slowly getting firmer and firmer. Eventually, it's firm enough to stand by itself in a sculpture-like way. By adding more roving wool, I can sculpt a creature or a person or whatever out of the wool.

Needlefelting is a relatively new craft, having only been invented 30 years or so ago. It's similar to the process of wet felting, but instead of using water, needles are used.

My needlefelt creations almost always include a wire base, so they are extremely posable, and I find the freedom of sculpting and the resulting plushness to be everything I could have asked for in a medium.

I happily take commissions, and my prices range from 10 to 100 USD, depending on the size and complexity.

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