Is this not the cutest little Japanese needle felted doll ever? It is from Wool Toys and Friends. What makes it so darn cute is the coy sideways eyes combined with the pretty smile.
Creating faces can be the most daunting aspect when creating a plushie of any kind. I recently did a bunch and I was really intimidated when it came to the faces. It is what truly gives the creation a personality.
Click on the images to see how to needle felt this adorable Japanese face.
Want the rest of the great tutorial? Then grab yourself a copy of:
Step-by-Step Instructions for Needle-Felting Funby
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.
Laurie Sharp is a full time
artist and has been needle felting for over 7 years. She raises her own
sheep and shears and processes the wool for most of her projects. She
has been featured on HGTV's That's Clever. You can view her web site at www.woolpets.com.
Her work has been shown in a number of galleries in the Pacific
Northwest, where she lives with her husband and business partner, Kevin
Sharp. Kevin is a professional photographer, and provides both the
beauty and how-to photography for this book. His work can be viewed on www.sharpphotography.com.
I'm off to find some flesh coloured rovings now.
I can see using this in multi-media work in several ways..
Posted by: Suella | July 29, 2010 at 05:58 AM