Massachusetts State House

The Bolton Artisans Guild had the opportunity to display art at State Representative Kate Hogan's meeting room.  This was just the inspiration that I needed to get back to my felting.  I decided on making a wall hanging of the state house.

Started with 5 layers of wool...

Wet felted the layers...

 

 Needle felted the details...  voila!!

Finished size ~ 22" x 19"  

The art works will be on display from June through Sept.  My understanding that we can view the works when the meeting room is not being used.

Finally back at it...

I haven't posted since Dec, 2014, and worse yet, I haven't needle felted a 3D puppy in a few years.  My son's friend wanted a mini version of their new puppy Coal so that he could partake in their upcoming wedding festivities.

Working from a photo, I created my needled version of Coal.  Since he's a puppy, I exaggerated both his paws and his nose...  He's approximately 4" tall and 6" long.

Hope they like him..

New cat in town!

Teardrop...

10" x 10" Pillow

Needle felt on wool

Wool Soapies

A collaboration between Isabelle Soap and Louie Girl

"Wool Soapies" are like having your soap and wash cloth all in one.

Isabelle Soap is a handcrafted all natural soap containing coconut, olive, or soy oils.  The soaps are scented with pure essential oils and herbs and flowers.

The scrubby is wet felted with 100% wool fibers.

www.isabellesoap.com
www.louiegirl.com

Spikey pod...

I started this pod last year while showing a fellow artisan how to make a felted pod...  It sat on the shelf in its dry "non-wetted" down state for over a year.  Finally had a chance to felt the pod and voila, I love my spikey new pod.

Pet Cave - proof of concept...

Having no live pets, I used a stuffed animal to try out the felted "pet cave"  large enough for two cats or one small dog...  This still needs a few more hours of felting to get it to the final stage... 

Pod 1

Inspired by the Jack in the Pulpit plants popping up this Spring...

Happy Germs

Time to get back to felting...  After 3+ weeks of allergies, colds and congestion I decided to make some Happy Germs to help clear my head.  I may still be congested but these little guys make me feel a bit better...

Koi Pond

...finally added the finishing touches and voila - finally ready to hang

Minion

My Granddaughter has been watching the movie "Despicable Me" and asked me to make a Minion...  Here's my needlefelted version of a Minion...

The wool parts...

white core fibers with wire arms and legs covered with dyed wool...

 adding details...

 Voila!  Hope she likes the finished product!

Poppy Field

I recently received this Australian magazine "Felt" and was inspired by Moy Mackay's "Poppy Glen Project".  Here's my 14" x 17" wet felting which I plan to enhance with dimensional felted poppies and bead work.  Great magazine, full of fabulous articles, and features one of my favorite felt artists, Andrea Graham!

Koi Pond

I finally got to work on a wet felting project today. I love how loose wool fibers bind together to create fiber art.

Here's the start of the Koi Pond - two layers of white wool (colors are totally off - I guess 5am is too  early in the day for me to snap pics...

followed by black and dark blue layers

added the lily pads and koi...

took the fibers out on the deck and wet felted outdoors - a gorgeous summer day for felting!

  

Boo - the Black Lab

Custom feltworks are somewhat difficult at times.  Taking a 2-dimensional photo and transforming into a 3-dimensional wool sculpture is very challenging.

I hope to have captured Boo's likeness in this ~10" square custom pillow.

The Creeper

My Grandson is totally into playing Minecraft.  Having already purchased the majority of retail items for Christmas, I needed a new idea for his birthday.  I found a great pattern on the internet (http://www.instructables.com/id/Minecraft-Stuffed-Creeper-Doll/) for a stuffed Creeper...

I think/hope he'll like it.

Wrap Bracelets

I forgot to post the fun wrap bracelets that I've created (similar to the famous ones) at an affordable price.  Fun to mix-in with your bracelet collections.

Change of Pace... Origami Paper Folding

This flower is made of 60 sheets of 3" origami paper in 12 colors.  Lots of folding and attachment of petals created this fun dimensional flower...  Also in progress is an 8.5" square card stock paper flower.  30 sheets are complete - card stock is extremely hard to fold so I may not finish the other half...

Shhhhhh - surprise gift for a Sweet friend

shhhh... This wall hanging is a gift for my friend "Sweet Sue" owner of Harvard Sweet Boutique, Hudson, MA.  I downloaded the logo www.harvardsweetboutique.com and wet felted the background then needle felted the details...   Hope she likes it!

 

wool fibers laid out for the background

wet felting complete

needle felting detail in progress...

 

 

Finished size ~16" x 12"

 

From poppy to posie

 I've adminred Gillian Harris' "field of poppies" wall hanging from her "Complete Feltmaking" book for years and decided to try a mini version...  Here are the results 

 Wool fibers laid out ~11 x 26"

 

initial wetting and rolling done, fibers are nicely felted ready to be worked without the bubble wrap

looking a bit too plain and the poppy petals weren't looking right

 so I needled some extra petals, added some beads in the center and turned the poppy into a posie... 

Heart Felt, or felted hearts...

I decided to make a small piece of felt (finished size 7" x 8") using the fibers shown and embed a layer of hearts, with one on the top layer...  Looks like another is trying to escape and join the the fun on top!

New Elves in Town

 

"Elfin Friends" will be available at Silk & Clay Holiday Sale http://www.silkandclay.com/events.html
...use as an ornament or just sit them on your desk to keep you company.... they also know how to keep secrets too!