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Just got two lovely bags of wool from Draig Athar on etsy...I had to immediately get my needle into this hot pink...which is more like neon day-glo. It is absolutely spectacularly bright!!! Out came a teeny kitty I named "Neon". Too bad he clashes with my little Peony's pink hair!!!
Just got a commission from a really wonderful customer, to make a lion-costumed Sackboy. He sent me a few web shots and I thought it looked like something really fun to try. Took me a while to arrive at a method. I ended up basically needle felting all the parts, and then applying Koolaid dyed mohair (I used orange, cherry and grape) to his head for the mane. I could only find a 24 inch zipper in silver, but had to cut it down to 2 inches. He's not finished yet...I plan to do some "sutures" on his wrists, and his hairdo isn't done, and I'm sculpting a nose and eyes out of air-dry clay. Here is the beginning :
I have always loved the Pinocchio story...and love the look of him. Puppets are so cool...so I thought maybe felting one could fun....
I had to make my sister a teeny mouse for Christmas. I think mice are almost my favorite creatures to make. and they're her favorite sort of mascot animals...she has loved them all her life...and he needed to have a friend for the time being, so I brought in little Miel for the shoot:
I'm so on a panda kick. Not sure why!
Okay, so I'm on this panda thing....I wanted to make a larger one in mohair for one of my dolls...see my doll blog for more...so I did a larger one and a smaller one. I love googly eyes!!!!
Also, I decided I needed to have a permanent setup for photographing my stuff...and I rummaged around and found a cache of reproduction wallpaper scraps that I was given when doing mural work for the "American Fancy" show a few years back at the Milwaukee Art Museum...wow I love it!!!
Finally finished little Percy...and he is a yummy thing. I dyed this super curly Schulte mohair with cherry Koolaid, and it came out the clearest, most warm candy pink... wish my photos could capture the color. I just got a shipment from VanDyke's and these cat eyes are killer too! I'll be getting more of them...they are really luminous and the greatest shade of baby blue.
Pascale, the fantastic woman behind Chic so Chic...(and a special friend of mine!), has featured my creations in her new blog, which she has created just to interview and talk about artists she admires...
Go HERE for more!!
Here is one of Pascale's marvelous photos...
Just dyed some gorgeous curly mohair in cherry Koolaid, and plan to make a large kitty similar to the previous grey mohair one...but had some scraps enough to do a tiny toy for dolls...Cheri!
I just love how photogenic Hujoo is...here she's wearing a gorgeous robe made by Pascale, of ChicsoChic in Paris..and cuddling Cheri...
