Stripey Kyoki

IMPORTANT EDIT: Hey, so I figured out why the file wasn't working... I accidentally uploaded it at full resolution. Download at your own peril, folks. /edit

A very-long-overdue upload of an art-trade with

Sorry it took so long; for some reason the file kept getting corrupted. ;__;

Anyway, I had fun with this lil'un. Used reddish-brown wool carded with black for the base, and then just undyed wool for the rest.

Used a larger size wire for this one; he's a lot stiffer, and I probably got callouses from twisting that darn wire. I do not like large wire for smaller things.

Anyway. Hope you enjoy, Mad-March~!

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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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