Wool Pets
Making 20 Figures with Wool Roving and a Barbed Needle
Published on 27. July 2022
130 pages
978-1-61673-285-1 (ISBN)
Description
Make cute and cuddly creatures from a handful of fluff and a barbed needle! "Describes and illustrates each step... Highly recommended." -
Library Journal
This book about sculptural needle felting explains how you can create 3-D animals and figures using the felting needle to sculpt wool. It shows the techniques and describes how the felting needle works with wool fiber to create felt, while explaining the differences between this art form and other forms of felting.
Learn how to hold the needle, what sort of materials to use, and why. You'll find twenty complete projects including various birds, bugs, four-legged animals, and people-each one unique and irresistible! Wool Pets also suggests ways to display your felted creations as mobiles and ornaments, or arranged in shadow boxes.
This book about sculptural needle felting explains how you can create 3-D animals and figures using the felting needle to sculpt wool. It shows the techniques and describes how the felting needle works with wool fiber to create felt, while explaining the differences between this art form and other forms of felting.
Learn how to hold the needle, what sort of materials to use, and why. You'll find twenty complete projects including various birds, bugs, four-legged animals, and people-each one unique and irresistible! Wool Pets also suggests ways to display your felted creations as mobiles and ornaments, or arranged in shadow boxes.
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07/2008
Creative Publishing International, US
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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
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Materials
- The Felting Needle
- Foam
- Wool
- Working with Wool Fibers
- Dyeing Wool
- Basic Techniques
- 1. Needling
- 2. Rolling
- 3. Flat Shapes
- 4. Sculpting
- Bug Magnets
- Bumblebee
- Wings
- Ladybug
- Penguin & Chick
- Penguin Body
- Head
- Attaching the Head to the Body
- Back
- Wings
- Flippers
- Beak
- Details
- Chick
- Butterfly Pin
- Upper Wings
- Lower Wings
- Body
- Bunny
- Body and Head
- Ears
- Front Paws
- Owl
- Body
- Head
- Wings
- Tail
- Eyes
- Beak
- Facial Details
- Ears
- Talons
- Attaching the Talons to the Body
- Goldfinch
- Body
- Wings
- Tail
- Attaching the Tail and Wings to the Body
- Feather Details
- Variations
- Turtle
- Body
- Head
- Attaching the Head to the Body
- Shell
- Legs
- Attaching the Legs to the Body
- Tail
- Eyes and Mouth
- Bat
- The Wings
- Body
- Ears
- Attaching the Body to the Wings
- Chicken & Chick
- Chicken Body
- Head
- Wings
- Comb and Beak
- Chick
- Wings
- Nest
- Hummingbird
- Body
- Wings
- Tail
- Breast, Throat, and Beak
- Clownfish
- Body
- Tail
- Fins
- Stripes
- Chipmunk
- Body
- Head
- Hind Legs and Paws
- Front Paws
- Ears
- Stripes
- Tail
- Border Collie
- Body, Head, and Neck
- Legs
- Attaching the Legs to the Body
- Adding the Black Furry Coat
- Ears
- Eyes, Nose, and Mouth
- Tail
- Cat
- Body
- Head
- Legs
- Attaching the Legs to the Body
- Ears
- Eyes
- Upper Mouth
- Tail
- Frog
- Body
- Back Legs
- Attaching and Positioning the Legs
- Front Legs
- Attaching the Front Legs to the Body
- Eyes and Mouth
- Sheep
- Body, Head, and Neck
- Legs
- Attaching the Legs to the Body
- Ears
- Eyes, Nose, and Mouth
- Finishing Touches
- Pink Pig
- Body, Head, and Snout of Pig
- Legs
- Attaching the Legs to the Body
- Ears
- Giraffe
- Body
- Neck
- Head
- Legs
- Attaching the Legs to the Body
- Hooves
- Ears, Horns, and Tail
- Spots
- Mane
- Eyes and Mouth
- Mermaid
- Head
- Body
- Arms and Hands
- Attaching the Head, Torso, and Arms
- Tail
- Fins
- Attaching the Tail to the Body
- Face
- Hair
- Gnome Girl
- Head
- Body and Legs
- Attaching the Head to the Body
- Arms
- Attaching the Arms to the Body
- Hands
- Dress
- Shoes
- Face
- Cap
- Gallery
- Resources
- About the Author
- Acknowledgment
- Copyright Page
