Blossom Tree: In A Bottle

So this is another of my "boredom projects," but I like it a lot. It was a pain to needlefelt the ground against the glass, but I needlefelted the cherry blossom tree outside of the bottle, so that wasn't hard at all.

A boredom project, so I don't really have much to say, other than it looks pretty cool sitting on a desk. No watering required.

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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 20 and up, depending on the complexity but mainly on the size.

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