Wild and Wooly World:
Adventures in Needle Felting
sculpted, not stuffed...
New for 2013:
Trying out e textile, i.e. trying to incorporate LED lights in some work.
Some interesting sites on the subject are: makershed.com, sparkfun.com, instructables.com and pinterest.com
Trying out e textile, i.e. trying to incorporate LED lights in some work.
Some interesting sites on the subject are: makershed.com, sparkfun.com, instructables.com and pinterest.com
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These are 2 cartoon Deep Sea Angler Fish with the characteristic light, in this case, a 10 mm LED. They are about the actual size of these terrifying, but small fish (8", 20 cm). One is s bluish/greenish , the other purplish. They began with wet felting on a tennisball, then the parts were needlefelted on. They are about 8" (20 cm) from tail end to teeth. The battery holder are on the inside of the mouth, with a switch to turn on/off the blue LED. |
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This is an not yet finished GULPER EEL. another deep sea creature. My wool version is around the natural size, head and jaw part about the size of a football, and the body stretches out to almost 6 feet. Gulper eels hoover at 4000 meters depths in the oceans where there is no light except for what the animals produce by themselves with photophores. My wooly eel has a red LED at the tail end. |
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Here are some deep sea creatures together: vampire squid deep sea anglers with LED gulper eel with LED on tail end |
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FIREFLY brooch with yellow, blinking LED. |
A series of moth & butterflies barretts:
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More ocean and deep sea creatures:
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A blue ringed octopus from the tide pools of Australia. It flashes fluorescent blue rings when treatened, if needed it also has a powerful poison.
The vampire squid on the other hand, lives way down in thje deep sea. It's actually neither squid, nor octopus, but it's own species. It has two long retractible filaments that catch 'marine snow'. |
I have also mounted some of my 'old' moths on rings, to make them more 'hangable' and give them context:
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Hi,
I want to share my fascination with this technique/ craft I discovered 3 years ago: needle felting.
First, there is something wonderful about wool fiber. It is soft, light, and warm. It has all kinds of natural colors and then you can dye it too.
Next, there is the 'magic part'; how you interlock the fibers and create form and shape.
Also, you can pick up your needle and wool, work on it, put it down, go off, or bring it along... No major set up and clean up...just be sure to keep your needles safe.
It is also fun because it is a reltively new and unknown craft, and it is always fun introducing it to people who have never heard of it.
I am still in a phase where I will see something or get an idea, and I will start thinking about how it would look expressed in wool.
all you need...a needle...
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a piece of good foam...
and your wool...
