Wool Toys and Friends
Step-by-Step Instructions for Needle-Felting Fun
Published on 19. January 2011
128 pages
978-1-61673-836-5 (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
This 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 JournalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
500
ISBN-13
978-1-61673-836-5 (9781616738365)
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10/2011
Creative Publishing International, US
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05/2010
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
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- contents
- 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
- inspiration gallery
- about the author
- resources
- PATTERNS
- Copyright Page
