I finished the request to do son's GF's dog for him. I will show you the stages.
1st: pics of it
2nd : materials -this is raw wool original form in threads as a bundle in colors needed
with foundation core wool to sculpt the body form. Needle Felting needles to poke the wool into shapes
Yes, when you begin you will poke your fingers but you learn quickly to not do that.
3rd: sculpt your form from the base core wool, all by hand with needles.
4th: Once the form (bone structure is made begin base colors then add other colors on top of that in areas needed.
These fibers are pulled from the strand of wool by fingers in small 1/2 inch wide x 1 inch long strands.
Then you attached them with the needles by grounding them into the form by poking the anchor (usually mid strand)
then folding it in the direction the fur grows and anchoring the folded area down into the form.
I always put in glass eyes and either a plastic nose or felted nose once I have the base color down. I glue those in.
Then the tedious work of getting the teeny strands of other color around the eyes/brows and nose.
Hopefully by then it's looking close to how you want and you trim off the fly away strings sticking up.
I am not a hardcore Felter so I don't use ultra powered magnifying tools to do one strand at a time.
I find my camera is not the best for getting the colors and small details you see better in person but
I think you have an idea now of the work that goes into these centuries old crafts.
I enjoy doing fluffy dogs like this, it was a fun project, I hope she likes it. I will glue in onto a standing picture
frame later tomorrow.
1st: pics of it
2nd : materials -this is raw wool original form in threads as a bundle in colors needed
with foundation core wool to sculpt the body form. Needle Felting needles to poke the wool into shapes
Yes, when you begin you will poke your fingers but you learn quickly to not do that.
3rd: sculpt your form from the base core wool, all by hand with needles.
4th: Once the form (bone structure is made begin base colors then add other colors on top of that in areas needed.
These fibers are pulled from the strand of wool by fingers in small 1/2 inch wide x 1 inch long strands.
Then you attached them with the needles by grounding them into the form by poking the anchor (usually mid strand)
then folding it in the direction the fur grows and anchoring the folded area down into the form.
I always put in glass eyes and either a plastic nose or felted nose once I have the base color down. I glue those in.
Then the tedious work of getting the teeny strands of other color around the eyes/brows and nose.
Hopefully by then it's looking close to how you want and you trim off the fly away strings sticking up.
I am not a hardcore Felter so I don't use ultra powered magnifying tools to do one strand at a time.
I find my camera is not the best for getting the colors and small details you see better in person but
I think you have an idea now of the work that goes into these centuries old crafts.
I enjoy doing fluffy dogs like this, it was a fun project, I hope she likes it. I will glue in onto a standing picture
frame later tomorrow.
