Russell

If you haven't seen "Up" yet, see it! My favorite Pixar film so far. There are lots of endearing characters in the movie, but Russell is the most adorable. I was compelled to make this needle-felted sculpture of Russell. He's about 8" tall and made completely out of wool fiber. For his base, I felted over a tree branch, leaving some areas of the wood exposed so the felt would look like moss.

Custom Needlefelted Character Dolls

One of the things I really wanted to do with my etsy shop was make custom needlefelted dolls from photos or sketches provided by the customer. I haven't received any custom doll orders at all, and realized today that I'm not marketing that idea very well. So I've added a listing on my shop with some examples.

If you know of anyone who would like to honor a special someone or a special occasion such as a wedding, graduation, new baby, anniversary, a move, birthday, promotion, or other significant achievement, maybe you could help me out by spreading the word! My shop is at feltfarm.etsy.com

M A H A L O NUI LOA!

Nancy

More Flowers

Last month I was in undersea world - couldn't stop making sponges, anemones and fishies - now I'm in flower-power mode. I guess it's Spring. I'm working on an order of my "Secret Stash Jars" for Straus Creamery. I use their small milk bottles as a base. The removeable "corks" are needle-felted. My intention for them is to be used as a desktop accessory to stash m&m's, sunflower seeds, mad money, tips, etc., etc., etc.! I love making them, and have a lot of ideas for different tops besides flowers.

Ze inspiration:



Daisy:


Daffodil:


Marigold:



Pink blossom (With the ever-lovely Ginger modeling):


Crocus:


New leaf:


Tree:



Plumeria:


and a Volcano:


Group photo:

For Australia

I belong to a wonderful online forum on Felting. There are members from all around the world who participate in discussion and sharing of the art of felting. A number of people on the forum are from Australia, where devastating wildfires have been burning for the last two weeks. Last I heard, 1800 people have lost their homes, and entire towns have been wiped out. One of the Australian members of the forum decided to organize an art sale to raise money for the people there. I made this piece last weekend, and will be sending it off to Australia this week. It is a Strauss Dairy milk bottle which I wet-felted to encase it with white. I then needle-felted a "cork" which is removeable. To me, it represents new life emerging, as is my hope for the area of Australia which has been destroyed. It can be used as a tip jar, a "mad money" jar, or a candy jar or whatever. I'll send it off with a few coins inside to get started.

For more info: http://feltingforumnews.blogspot.com/