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Description From Aaaah! Real Monsters, for my sis.

...Yup. I always thought his design was likeable.


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This creation was made with a type of crafting called needle felting. Basically what happens is I take a bunch of loose (i.e. roving) wool and jab it with a needle (many, many times). The wool bonds to itself, slowly getting firmer and firmer. Eventually, it's firm enough to stand by itself in a sculpture-like way. By adding more roving wool, I can sculpt a creature or a person or whatever out of the wool.

Needlefelting is a relatively new craft, having only been invented 30 years or so ago. It's similar to the process of wet felting, but instead of using water, needles are used.

My needlefelt creations almost always include a wire base, so they are extremely posable, and I find the freedom of sculpting and the resulting plushness to be everything I could have asked for in a medium.

I happily take commissions, and my prices range from 20 USD and up, depending on the complexity but mainly on the size.

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Comments: 9

hezoo [2011-12-03 18:44:32 +0000 UTC]

Ikis!! Oh Nostalgia! Great work <3 He was my favorite character from the show. Krum was disgusting.

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abhinababby [2011-07-22 20:40:57 +0000 UTC]

lov this 1

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MachaPanta [2011-07-19 15:20:29 +0000 UTC]

I miss this show!

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biocoincidence [2011-05-06 12:48:09 +0000 UTC]

OHMYGODIKIS. !! Okay. I cannot even comprehend this. Absolutely love it.

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k-times-two In reply to biocoincidence [2011-05-07 04:42:28 +0000 UTC]

Haha, yes. Ikis is awesome.

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GNGTNT105 [2011-04-15 01:06:06 +0000 UTC]

OH my that's cute!
Needle felting is so fun.

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k-times-two In reply to GNGTNT105 [2011-04-19 16:05:01 +0000 UTC]

It is!

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PumpkinPieSoup [2011-02-14 08:43:09 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing <3

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k-times-two In reply to PumpkinPieSoup [2011-02-15 02:38:14 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thanks.

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