fiber arts and handicrafts
fiber arts and handicrafts
If you make it with your hands, show it here!
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I've recently taken up needle felting. Here's a wolf I just finished using wool from my sheep.
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A wolf in sheep's clothing? 
I like these.
I like these.
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
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I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
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Yeah. A relative suggested it. I thought the phrase was based on a fable, but wikipedia says it's as much biblical in origin as anything else.
Anyway... a wolf! The proportions are a tad off. I'm going to use calipers next time instead of just eye-balling it.
This one is about 8 inches tall at the shoulder and about a foot long nose to tail. I thought making it bigger than the bear would make it easier to get details in... but it turned out the extra weight of the wool was heavier than the wire could support and his little legs wouldn't hold him up! They just kind of splayed out sideways.
So I had to add extra wires to his legs and re-wrap them and re-cover them. They work now. I learn more about how to do this with every creature I make.
My mom sent me a handful of horse tail hairs to use as whiskers on things, and they worked quite well for this.
A relative suggested it. I thought the phrase was based on a fable, but wikipedia says it's as much biblical in origin as anything else.Anyway... a wolf! The proportions are a tad off. I'm going to use calipers next time instead of just eye-balling it.
This one is about 8 inches tall at the shoulder and about a foot long nose to tail. I thought making it bigger than the bear would make it easier to get details in... but it turned out the extra weight of the wool was heavier than the wire could support and his little legs wouldn't hold him up! They just kind of splayed out sideways.
So I had to add extra wires to his legs and re-wrap them and re-cover them. They work now. I learn more about how to do this with every creature I make. My mom sent me a handful of horse tail hairs to use as whiskers on things, and they worked quite well for this.
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Cool!
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Maria, this wolf is amazing!
“Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.” E. B. White, who must have had vison in mind. There's a reason why we kept putting the extra i in her name in our minds!
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Wow! For a second, I thought it was a photo you used as a model.
His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink."
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
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You all are too kind! 
It has some serious flaws but the remaining ones are too difficult to fix and I'm calling it done. The next wolf or dog I make will be much better.
And I'm getting stronger wire! This poor critter can barely stand up. It's been standing on a file cabinet next to my desk all day and its ankles seem to be flattening out. Maybe I should change its pose to have its legs tucked under. 
It has some serious flaws but the remaining ones are too difficult to fix and I'm calling it done. The next wolf or dog I make will be much better.And I'm getting stronger wire! This poor critter can barely stand up. It's been standing on a file cabinet next to my desk all day and its ankles seem to be flattening out.
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These really are amazing, Maria. Thank you for sharing them with us! I can't wait to see what you'll make next.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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A chickadee!
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The stripes on the primary wing feathers took forever!
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Wow
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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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And then my dog tore up her squeaky toy, and her fiber felted frizbee has been holding up so well I decide to make her a felted squeaky toy.
Dr. Who fans will recognize this:
Dr. Who fans will recognize this:
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My husband keeps snickering over this one and is refusing to give it to the dog until he shows it to his friends at work. 
I had to keep reminding him not to squeak it if he wasn't going to let the dog have it! The poor dog kept running up every time, expecting us to hand her the new toy. She loves squeaky toys that are fuzzy, but she keeps tearing holes in them and puling the stuffing out. I'm hoping she won't be able to tear this one up.
I had to keep reminding him not to squeak it if he wasn't going to let the dog have it! The poor dog kept running up every time, expecting us to hand her the new toy. She loves squeaky toys that are fuzzy, but she keeps tearing holes in them and puling the stuffing out.
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My daughter wanted me to make a sloth. So I did.
She took it home with her.
She took it home with her.
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Maria, I just can't tell you how amazing these things are. You have an incredible gift!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Ooh, that one's a cutie.
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I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
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Really beautifully done, Maria. Hard to believe you've been creating these only recently.
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Wow, that's amazing. In a thumbnail on the phone, it looks like a real creature.
His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink."
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods