Value range - Raccoon

Please say hello to my latest little critter from my value range in my needle felting shop

A needle felted raccoon

I love these little guys. I think I will have to felt a more detailed one at some point soon

Horror Kokeshi dolls

Sometimes I have a cutie overload and have to break out with something a little darker

Dobie

I do love black and tan dogs

Spirit hound

I have always been interested in the history of Boudica

What is not to love, a woman who led the revolt against Rome in Britan and burned to the ground their capitol city and at least two other cities

Pretty amazing lady



I have been reading the Manda Scot series of books on Boudica and it inspired me to make my own spirit hound

Read the books and you will understand :) and join me in platting kill feathers into your hair, grabbing your horse and calling your hound to battle

Teddy

The other weekend I did the Scottish Bear Fair again, so I thought I should make a few teddies

Not alpaca this time, regular merino, but he developed a great wee character while I was making him

He is falling back on his front paws with his little toes curling over

Another collie

I do love my border collies
I couldnt resist making another one
This is one of my smallest - she is actually dolls house sized (although her head is a little big - for detail and cuteness)

Tiny cat

This tiny cat is 1 inch to her shoulder
She is a custom order and on her way to Russia.

It is exciting to think how well traveled my little fuzzies are - they get to more places than me!!

Alpaca Teddy leopard.

The final of the three

any idea for names?

A beardie splat

I was asked to see if I could splat a bearded collie

A challenge for a splat because they are a hairy dog and I try and have no loose hairs on a splat as it is designed to be used

Hope I captured the shaggy dog ness here :)

Lynx

Another crazy challenge for me

A lynx

I have always loved these small big cats with their tufty ears

I decided no to leave loose fibers but to felt them solid more like a 3d cartoon

Not sure if it comes across in the photographs but as I was making him I kinda thought he looked like a cross between the pet from the cartoon thundercats and a kind of Manga sidekick

Why oh why do I keep going for the spotty ones? All those tiny spots have to be felted in individually - but I think it was worth it

Tiger

Tiger in the grass :)

We had a whole day of sun so I could do a photoshoot outside

I havent made a tiger for a while so thought I would have another go

The stripes took FOREVER but I am quite happy with how he turned out

For a change I used lovely green glass eyes - they were not easy to line up so he didnt look crosseyed!

Panda Splat

For some reason I just LOVE felting Pandas

I have wanted to make a splatted panda for a while but just never got around to it

So finally I indulged myself

As I figured he would be perfect for childrens books I only made him a 1/2 splat so he could fit in any sized book

He is also slightly thinner than usual splats, just thought he would look nicer that way

Basset Hound

My latest stabby critter

This time I went for a wrinkly Basset hound

She is a tricolour with biiig sad eyes, giant paws and lots of wrinkles

Took forever to add all the loose skin but it was a really good experience to try and get soft looking folds of skin - but make them very firmly felted

Border collie

Going on with the cartoony theme I just had to make a border collie

One thing I have always struggled with is long hair on a sculpture. You can just felt fibers in making them free flowing, but when I try this it often looks messy.

So I took inspiration from ceramic sculptures and how they give the impression of hair.

All he needs now is a name - any ideas??

Pug

In art class at school I was told not to do anything cartoony, cartoon was not a decent art form.

This has kind of stayed with me all my life, although I love manga and can see the amazing skill that goes into that work I have still struggled on and on to make my sculptures look as realistic as I can

Tried - and lets face it failed!

So I decided to see what would happen if I stopped fighting it

What happens if I actually set out to make my sculptures more cartoony

and so the first in my real attempts at cartoonifying my wool :)

A Pug

He actually made me smile all the time making him, although those wrinkles were A LOT of work

He is very firmly felted with large bug eyes, head and back wrinkles and little paw pads

A sneaky peak, Ive been splatting wildlife

Thought I would share my latest splat!!

In a craft shop I found this amazing leopard print felt and thought it would be fun to make a leopard splat

He was great great fun to make but very hard work.

After making the base in white fleece I then had to try and blend some colours to match the felt as close as I could

Then came the spots!!

3 Hours of felting to work in all these spots! When I shut my eyes I can still see little dots!!

I hope you think he was worth it!! I should put him up in my shop in the next day or so.

Any ideas which photograph I should use as my first one in my shop??