my anatomically “correct” heart pocket

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I’m Dyeing mounds wool for Hands on Houston at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft this weekend. We’re making acorns! Saturday October 2, 2010 from 11am-3pm

I threw this guy in for fun.

BEFORE

AFTER:

Showing August 20-September 25 2010.

after a lot of preparation for maker faire, an intense weekend (i won two editor’s choice awards!)  and a week of custom orders, it is good to get back to regular ole stress reducing sculpting.  i fixed mr. pull toy chicken this morning after he was punched, pulled, bitten (seriously), and tossed by his admirers. a new tight layer of clean beautiful wool and he is ready for market.

my Etsy shop is finally open! I will post him tonight.

i have gotten many requests for beginner needle felting kits, so i finally got some together for maker faire.    i have a baby robot, a puffer fish, cupcakes, and a baby dino kit.

My booth! i really meant to take more pictures, but time flew by and lots of people wanted to learn how to needle felt.

i spent an extra day in austin looking around in vintage boutiques for things i can add to my sculpting. i found this  porcelain doll arm and many other goodies that i will show off later.

on the way back, i started four heads in the car. some days faces come easy to me, and some days i cant figure out how to do them. very strange. so when i am able to do one, i usually try to make four or five.

this is the beginning of a  big head bunny made from one of the heads i started in the car. the arm is not attached yet, but you get the idea.

back to work!

click on baby bot for tutorial. have fun!

Originally uploaded by Licorice Tree / Tobiah P. Mundt
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click on baby dino for tutorial!

Originally uploaded by Licorice Tree / Tobiah P. Mundt

click on puffer fish for tutorial!

Originally uploaded by Licorice Tree / Tobiah P. Mundt

i started making this guy on friday… i thought he looked a little rodent like so went to the pet store and bought him a toy for inspiration.

he needed a rodent like tail, so i lightly felted a long piece of wool.

i wanted to get cartoon like ribbing on the tail and but needle felting each “rib” would have taken a very long time and i am sure i would have stabbed myself repeatedly.  so i put rubber bands down the length of the tail, wet felted it, let it dry and then dyed it pink.

the tail did’nt come out exactly how i envisioned it, but i do love it.i added wire before i attached it so it would be posable.  awww, my new pet monster with his toy! but he still needs a name…any suggestions?

she is needle felted with embroidered rings on her feet. i wish i would have taken more process pictures, but i was going through a bit of a creativity block until she popped into my head. i just started felting and made her in about two hours.  it wasn’t until i was gathering curly willow that i remembered to take pictures.

i decided to dye her arms a greenish brown so that the branches would look like they were growing out of her arms.

back to the kool aid… lime + cherry = pretty green. i brought the dye to a boil and just held her arms in the dye bath until enough of it soaked in.

i wrestled with wire for about an hour until i was sure the branches were not going to move and voila!

a new love.  Acacia!

oh, and i made her some hot pink fruit to hang in her branches.

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