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Wings for you and me

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My pair of wings! They took forever to do. I need a different pattern, but these are wearable and awesome.

Sort of small--- only 2-3' wide, but definitely for sale for all you guys out there who really need (realistically [that is, with the actual feather groups]) feathered wings.

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

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CornerSan's avatar
How does needle felting compare to say.. hot glue gun? Which would be sturdier and last longer, take a better beating?