Wool Toys and Friends
Step-by-Step Instructions for Needle-Felting Fun
Published on 1. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-58923-666-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume teaches and illustrates fun, needle-felted projects to add to your collection of Wool Pets. The instructions include wet-felting and various embellishment techniques along with the needle felting and discusses the ways that folk art and nature inspire the projects. Heirloom hand-crafted wooden or cloth toys, birds and other animals have inspired and influenced the projects which have been translated into needle-felted art.
Reviews / Votes
Wool Toys & Friends: Step-by-Step Instructions for Needle-Felting Fun. Creative Pub: Quayside. 2010. 128p. illus. ISBN 978-1-58923-506-9. $19.99. FIBER CRAFTSThis collection of cheery, intricate felted toys focuses on needle-felting techniques but also includes some basic wet felting. The clear, easy-to-follow directions are accompanied by photographs, so crafters can see what the project should look like at every step-essential for three-dimensional projects such as these. Sharp's technique, especially with faces, is painterly, and the attention to detail in the patterns is extraordinary. These may be designed as toys, but they are also lovely as decorative objects, and many are well within the reach of ambitious beginners. - Library Journal, August 2010
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
500
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58923-666-0 (9781589236660)
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E-Book
01/2011
Creative Publishing International, US
€15.49
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Persons
Laurie Sharp is a full time artist and has been needle felting for over 15 years. She raises her own sheep, shears and processes the wool for most of her projects. She has been featured on HGTV's 'That's Clever.' From her web sitewww.woolpets.com, she sells needle felting kits and finished pieces as a business that has become overwhelmingly successful. Her work has been shown in a number of galleries in the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Suquamish, Washington with her husband and business partner, Kevin Sharp. Kevin is a professional photographer, and provides all of the photography for Laurie's books.
Kevin Sharp is a professional photographer, and provides both the beauty and how-to photography for this book. His work can be viewed on http://www.sharpphotography.com.
Kevin Sharp is a professional photographer, and provides both the beauty and how-to photography for this book. His work can be viewed on http://www.sharpphotography.com.
Content
Introduction
Materials
Tools and extras
Basic techniques
Pop-up prairie dog puppet
Pixie
Hedgehog pincushion
Mushroom house
Starfish beanbags
Storybook and pocket pals
Finger puppets
Lion hand puppet
Matryoshka doll
Dala horse
Elephant pull toy
Sock monkey
Mouse in pumpkin
Teddy bear
Japanese doll
Gallery
About the author
Resources
Patterns
Materials
Tools and extras
Basic techniques
Pop-up prairie dog puppet
Pixie
Hedgehog pincushion
Mushroom house
Starfish beanbags
Storybook and pocket pals
Finger puppets
Lion hand puppet
Matryoshka doll
Dala horse
Elephant pull toy
Sock monkey
Mouse in pumpkin
Teddy bear
Japanese doll
Gallery
About the author
Resources
Patterns