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21"/53 cm long needlefelted Dragonair! A wire armature inside makes her completely posable.

For those of you who haven't seen me in a while: Hi! I've been lurking around different corners of the internet these days. Primarily my instagram and twitter , if those platforms pique your interest. I find that my relationship to social media is radically different these days, compared to when I was most active around here. Sometimes that's a good thing, but generally it means I have a lot less energy to go posting things on a bunch of different platforms. I'm not yet sure what that means for my dA, but I do still check in from time to time. But anyway! Hope y'all are having a good time out there.

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 to bind the wool together, 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.

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21"/53 cm long needlefelted Dragonair! A wire armature inside makes her completely posable.

For those of you who haven't seen me in a while: Hi! I've been lurking around different corners of the internet these days. Primarily my instagram and twitter , if those platforms pique your interest. I find that my relationship to social media is radically different these days, compared to when I was most active around here. Sometimes that's a good thing, but generally it means I have a lot less energy to go posting things on a bunch of different platforms. I'm not yet sure what that means for my dA, but I do still check in from time to time. But anyway! Hope y'all are having a good time out there.

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 to bind the wool together, 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.

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