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Ineffective Camouflageby ~pahein

Artisan Crafts / Dolls, Plushies & Custom Toys / Original Artist Dolls

The first of a series of commissions that I've been lucky enough to garner.

This lil' beauty, for those who don't know, is Toothless, from How To Train Your Dragon (the movie). Never read the books, and I don't expect to, based on the reading level, but the movie is absolutely fantastic.

He ended up way larger than I anticipated, with a two foot wingspan. ~TheParasiticBandaid got quite a bit of bang for their buck.

Uploading this while I wait for Priority Mail boxes to arrive, so I can get him sent off. I took other pictures, but this one is so much my favorite I didn't even want to do a collage like I normally do. =w=

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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 about 20 and up, depending on the complexity but mainly on the size. Please see my commission sheet for pricing.

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