Wool Paintings and New Tiny Needles

I recently purchased a set of four (but she sent five!) teeny tiny felting needles from fellow Etsian Fantiny and am astounded by the detail work I'm able to do. So far I've made a tiny felted pig and am currently working on a series of wool paintings done on a pre-felted square. The painting is turning out beautifully. The strands of wool are almost like watercolor. I'll be taking some pictures tonight and posting them. I have to find a good way to showcase the paintings, and am considering using embroidery hoops. We'll see!

I'm excited to get back into art after having spent the last few months dealing with some trying family issues. I'm hoping to ramp up my esty business and spend more time in my studio making my dreams come true.

Blubber

September is like Christmas for me. I have many family members and friends who have birthdays this month, so the needle-felting has gone a lot more slowly than I initially anticipated. Also, I've been kind of slacking on photographing the whole process - something I'm hoping to remedy when I have a little more life energy.

For my birthday (mid-September), my husband, sister, and I went to the New England Aquarium and on a whale watch. I fell in love with some Harbor Seals in front of the Aquarium and came home to stab out some plumpy seals. They need some finishing touches, but boy are they cute. I realized that any creature with a layer of blubber is tops in my book.

Pictures soon? I hope.

Stabbin' and Slicin'

After a delightful (sunny) long weekend spent with family, I feel recouperated enough to take up the stabbing again. Unfortunately, I sliced off some of my finger last night on a vegetable manolin, and this will put a small dent in production. It's hard to want to needlefelt when you're tired, as the incidence of stabbing one's self in the thumb with a barbed needled increases tenfold.

I finally figured out the close-range lens on the camera, making it breezier to take fantastic pictures of the plumpies. I'm also finding that each plumpy is different - as it should be. No two will ever be exactly alike. This pleases me greatly.

I'm going to work on getting pictures up this week of my works-in-progress!!!!

Plumpies and Heycorns Oh My!

I've been hard at work redesigning my business vision. I've planned, primped, ordered supplies, and stabbed into creation my new line of needle-felted creatures known as Plumpies. They fit right in the palm of your hand, are fat (of course), and ridiculously cute. I will be posting the whole lot of them online in the coming weeks. As I build inventory, I hope to sell them on Esty and at a local toystore called Jamie Two-Coats that specializes in Waldorf inspired, handmade toys.

It's been a while since I've opened my tin of watercolors, and hopefully will get back to those again someday soon. Right now, I'm loving creating animals in 3D.

I will post a family photo of the first round of Plumpies this week. I'm so excited!

Fox

Watercolors - Work to Date