Do you ever wonder how professional textile artists achieve a smooth, even finish to their needle felted artwork? Does your work look a little fuzzy, blobby or matted in comparison? Read on for three effective tips to get you felting like a pro.1. Stab Sensitively!Have you ever looked at your work and though "that looks a bit...stabby"? Have the holes made by your felting needle really left their impression on your work? The chances are that this is because when you stab down with your needle, y

Seaside Wool Painting, Felt Landscape, Coastal Felt picture, Oceanic Botanical felt art, Mother's Day gift, Needle felted Wall Art, Felt art Not Framed MADE TO ORDER (Due to being handmade and made to order, you May recive an artwork with small differences from the one in photos here) 14.5x15cm My working methods include hand-made felting processes incorporating traditional and contemporary techniques, needle felting, wet felting and stitch work. Wool fibres predominate, integrated with plant and cellulose fibres, to create unusual textures and pictures. They invite interaction and personal confrontation with life and its unexpected pathways also inspired by nature and a desire to push boundaries whilst creating an impact to promote greater understanding of human frailty. A thoughtful gift for your mom, nature and felt art enthusiast, or for anyone who enjoys the colors and textures of fiber art. If you look at my shop you will find variety of Wool Paintings of different size and colors. Unique art that you will not find anywhere else.  It's handmade with beautiful colors and very warm piece of art. You can contact me for different size requests. Make sure to get it framed so it will remain the beauty for years. Thank you for visiting🙋felt picture felt art wool painting

Moscow-based artist Nastasya Shuljak transforms packs of wool into sculptures of small animals and other whimsical creatures. Plants sprout from the heads of smiling trees and other natural spirits. Polar bears, foxes, hares, and other critters stare through inquisitive eyes applied to their tiny woolen faces. Shuljak’s toys are an exercise in the flexibility of the material and also a way to bring joy to all who meet them. Shuljak, a former theater artist and art teacher, tells Colossal that the practice of making creatures began when friends gifted her some wool. More

Do you love cats? Do you love cool, easy crafts? Well, I have a bunch of cute cat crafts waiting to be made. From amazing hats to awesome pillows, these projects will also stay on your budget. These ideas also make wonderful gifts that you can give your mom for Christmas or if you happen

These beautiful bookmarks are made entirely by hand using wet and needle felting techniques. Materials used are silk fibers and 100% merino wool. The felting process takes patience but is a lot of fun and the results are fantastic! Unique gift for book lovers Each natural little bookmark is made individually so no two are exactly alike. They are unique little fluffy wool "paintings" Each measures approximately 7"x"2in width, is featherweight, and make a perfect gift for readers on your list. It comes in a self adhesive clear bag ready to gift. please let us know if you have a preference and we will send your choice(s) right away this listing is for 1 bookmarker

Summer’s here & the weather is fine. It’s about time you baaaaask in the sun and craft needle felted sheep! Let's get started.

Have you ever tried needle felting? Needle felting is pretty like clay, but unlike clay, you need to use a needle instead of your hands to make lovely creations. Best of all, it's a little bit cathartic, and it's perfect for after-work. And compared to other crafts, needle felting is very cheap to try. And needle felting can make a lot of effects that other materials and crafts can't achieve. For example, make almost identical pet sculptures. If you haven't started needle felting, I believe you will be ready to go through the pictures below! If you are a needle felting veteran and need some inspiration, then you should also check out our selection of needle felting animals pictures. They are all our lovely friends on Instagram. They are very talented, and They all have different strengths and specialties in needle felting skills. I believe you can learn a lot from their works.

Green Fields Wool Painting, Landscape Felt Art, Needle Felted Wall Decor, Embroidered Felt Painting, Embroidered Felt Tapestry,gift for mom It's not framed. MADE TO ORDER (Due to being handmade and made to order, you May recive an artwork with small differences from the one in photos here) My working methods include hand-made felting processes incorporating traditional and contemporary techniques, needle felting, wet felting and stitch work. Wool fibres predominate, integrated with plant and cellulose fibres, to create unusual textures and pictures. They invite interaction and personal confrontation with life and its unexpected pathways also inspired by nature and a desire to push boundaries whilst creating an impact to promote greater understanding of human frailty. A thoughtful gift for your mom, nature and felt art enthusiast, or for anyone who enjoys the colors and textures of fiber art, modern felt art If you look at my shop you will find variety of Wool Paintings of different size and colors. Unique art that you will not find anywhere else.  It's handmade with beautiful colors and very warm piece of art. You can contact me for different size requests. This piece is sold UNFRAMED due to the delicate nature of shipping large pieces of glass. Frame is NOT included in purchase. If you have any questions about the framing process feel free to reach out to me! I'd love to help! Thank you for visiting🙋 felt art wool painting

Whether you’re just getting started Needle Felting or have a few projects under your belt, you might discover something new after checking out this list!

These beginner-friendly needle felting kits are a great way to learn the art of needle felting. You'll love these cute felting projects.

At last, a book that tells you everything you need to know about needle felting!This is the book authors Roz Dace and Judy Balchin wish they had been given when they started out on their felting journey. A complete course for the absolute beginner, it is packed full of useful tips and techniques to help you on your own felting adventures.Learn how to sculpt miniature teacup worlds, animals and birds, and even your friends and family. There are 12 varied projects, starting with the easiest and progressing in difficulty. Master the basics, then learn how to use wire, embellishments and armatures in your work, and even how to capture expression in faces. You can use the techniques you have been shown to create your own variations.Pick up that felting needle and you are guaranteed to have fun with this much-needed book.A new beginner's guide to a popular and easy techniqueAuthors are experienced crafters with a good following on social mediaCovers a diverse range of subjects that will inspire needle felters of all abilities

Moscow-based artist Nastasya Shuljak transforms packs of wool into sculptures of small animals and other whimsical creatures. Plants sprout from the heads of smiling trees and other natural spirits. Polar bears, foxes, hares, and other critters stare through inquisitive eyes applied to their tiny woolen faces. Shuljak’s toys are an exercise in the flexibility of the material and also a way to bring joy to all who meet them. Shuljak, a former theater artist and art teacher, tells Colossal that the practice of making creatures began when friends gifted her some wool. More

Let me share how I made these cute little flowers. Anyone that has tried needle felting will tell you what a hugely satisfying craft it is. There's something strangely therapeutic about stabbing a big ball of fluff and watching it turn into a solid piece of sculpture. It's the perfect craft for letting off steam. My first attempt at needle felting resulted in these funny looking chaps. They were excellent fun to make and really, you can't go wrong when you're putting silly faces on pumpkins... One of the easiest techniques for creating needle felted shapes is using the cookie-cutter method. Basically, you just stuff a cutter shape with loose roving, tops, or carded wool and then keep prodding and poking it with a felting needle until all the fibres felt and mesh together into a solid shape. I'd still class myself as a novice needle felter, but you get pretty passable results even as a beginner. These flowers are the perfect starter project if you want to try out needle felting for the first time, as they combine both cookie-cutter needle felting and some simple sculptural needling techniques. Needle felting is pretty inexpensive to get started, and the supplies are becoming easier to find. Materials needed Wool tops, roving, sliver or shredded pure wool yarn. I buy mine from World of Wool in the UK. Felting needles. A lot of needle felters use thicker felting needles to begin with and then gradually reduce the width of the needles so that the holes become less prominent as the piece is finished. I tend to use just a size 38 triangular needle, but I use 4 or 5 at a time to start with. I then reduce it down so that I'm doing the final sculpting with just 1 needle. Thick foam or felting brush to felt on. I use an old memory foam pillow, (hence the unattractive towelling cover). Carders or wool combs are optional, but they do help with blending colours and seperating the fibres before you begin felting. Cutter shape. I use this sugar flower cutter as it's sturdy and there's a ridge of plastic to hold onto How to needle felt cookie cutter flowers Firstly you need to prepare your fibres for felting. I have a stash of dyed merino tops as I do quite a lot of spinning, however the fibres are a little too neatly lined up for felting, so I need to tease them and mix them up a bit. I hand card the fibres, but just separating the fibres with your hands will help in the felting process. I blended 2 colours together to get a more natural look. I've used a sugar flower cutter as opposed to a cookie-cutter as it's just a bit more comfortable to hold and the extra circle around the base of the cutter keeps your fingers a little further away from the felting needles - watch out, those needles are sharp! Stuff your combed fibres into the cutter, making sure that they all pass across the centre, so that all the petals are firmly attached. With practice it's possible to get a finished flower that has lighter outer petals and a darker centre (or vice versa). Now take your felting needles and just keep prodding inside the cutter until all the fibres have reduced down and are just filling the bottom of the cutter. Here's a short animated gif showing my needle felting technique. The felting needle has little tiny barbs on the edges causing the fibres to become tangled and compacted with each insertion. The more you poke and prod, the denser your wool will become and the more it will shrink or felt. I found that turning my flower and repeating the felting process when it appeared to be quite compacted at the base of the cutter helped to create a nice dense flower. Here it shows the flower becoming more and more felted with each turning. By the end of the 4th stabbing it was time to move onto the next stage. This process combines 3 steps in 1 - adding additional colour to the petals, creating a flower centre and further felting of the petals. I use just a single needle for the remainder of the flower. Pull out a thin wisp of fibres in a contrasting colour and lay it over one of the petals. I tend to place it so that one end is positioned just past the length of the petal I want to work on. Now insert the needle repeatedly at the base of the petal and gradually work your way up the petal until there is no more contrasting fibre left to secure into the petal. Secure the tail end of the contrasting fibre by needling it into the flower centre. Try to work it into a dense circle. To speed up the process of bringing the long, loose tail together I use a combination of gently swirling it around the needle end and prodding the loose fibres into a circle shape. The flower centre will become bigger, denser and higher as each petal is worked. Work your way around each petal, adding a thin layer of colour and needling the remainder into the centre. Keep working on the centre until it becomes quite dense with very few fibres sticking out. Once the centre has come together, the flower just needs a little neatening around the edges to get rid of its slight fuzziness. I tend to do this by lifting the loose fibres with the end of my needle and almost 'folding' the stray fibres in. Needle felting is not an exact science and everyone's style is different. Some people leave their pieces quite loose, while others keep working until it is very dense and solid. I tend to keep poking and prodding until it feels like a fairly durable piece, with very few fibres sticking out, but it's still fairly soft and squashy. I added this one to a headband for my daughter and I'm thinking of stringing a rainbow of pastel flowers into a garland to decorate her bedroom. If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy my post about making a Remembrance Day poppy. or my post on how to make a slightly more advanced layered flower using the same sugar flower cutter. ---------- Please be sweet and share the love. Leave a comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel, like my Facebook page for regular updates or follow me on Pinterest, Bloglovin' or Instagram

MADE TO ORDER (Due to being handmade and made to order, you may recive an artwork with small differences from the one in photos Tree and Green Hill Landscape Wool Painting, Nature Felt Wall Art, Abstract Felt Art, Botanical Fiber Art, Housewarming Gift, Textile Art My working methods include hand-made felting processes incorporating traditional and contemporary techniques, needle felting, wet felting and stitch work. Wool fibres predominate, integrated with plant and cellulose fibres, to create unusual textures and pictures. They invite interaction and personal confrontation with life and its unexpected pathways also inspired by nature and a desire to push boundaries whilst creating an impact to promote greater understanding of human frailty. A thoughtful gift for your mom, nature and felt art enthusiast, or for anyone who enjoys the colors and textures of fiber art. If you look at my shop you will find variety of Wool Paintings of different size and colors. Unique art that you will not find anywhere else.  It's handmade with beautiful colors and very warm piece of art. You can contact me for different size requests. Make sure to get it framed so it will remain the beauty for years. Thank you for visiting🙋felt picture felt art wool painting

These are the fantastic and imaginative creations of Richard Hanna of Ontario, Canada! This picture is of Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia. Amazing! “Being relatively new to the medium I a…

Many years ago I discovered the art of needle felting. When you needle felt, you stab wool fiber repeatedly with a very sharp, barbed needle. The barbs of the needle felt the wool into shapes and thus you can sculpt it!

Beautiful Needle Felted Scottish Highland calf sculpture by Teresa Perleberg of Bear Creek Felting. Needle Felting inspiration.

Sewing Eyes Onto Your Needle Felted Animal - in just 4 steps and 5 minutes!

My name is Tyorka. I live in a small town called Komsomolsk-on-Amur, which is in the east of Russia.

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A designer handcrafted WHIMSICAL SLEEPY OWL wool sculpture is needle felted by one of our artists in residence - Venera. SIZE: 16 Centimeters (6.3 inches) in Height MATERIAL: Wool, Leather CUSTOM ORDER -------------------------------------------------- CARE: --> Lots of LOVE! :) --> Careful handling --> This is not a toy. It's a collectible figurine, a true work of art and a testament to an artistic talent. --> Please do not wet, even when cleaning; only dry method of cleaning from dust.

Needle felted Fantasy Art doll, the Lady with a vase made in shades of green, using a different kind of fiber. She is about 10" tall, mohair hair. Coming without the wooden base, standing alone. Made to order. Thank you for visiting my shop!! Please see my shop policies for more information: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Made4ubymagic/policy Design by Zuzana Hochman.

If you've been wanting to craft your own alpaca, you're in luck! Today we're showing you how to make your own needle felted alpaca in just 7 steps.

Make your very own tiny felted toadstools with our step-by-step tutorial. Small, simple, and straightforward -- make shroom for some felting in your life!

I was always intrigued by needle-felting. I found this tutorial on Pinterest and I loved the idea, but I had never tried this technique before, so I didn't dare just giving it a go without reading more about it first. As I couldn't find the original post online - the link just led me to a Polish "Pinterest-alike" tool - I had to look for information else where. Luckily, I am a member of Crafty Creatives and one of the monthly kits contained a pretty good "how to" for beginners with no previous experience on needle-felting. So below are my thoughts on this tutorial. I am not sure about the elbow pads, but I absolutely adore the idea of adding textured shapes to plain cotton fabric. The possibilities are infinite! What you will need: - Wool roving (this is wool that has been twisted, attenuated and freed of foreign matter in the stage before its conversion into yarn. It is more refined than wool batting). - Felting needle (Caution! Felting needles are covered in tiny barbs - these are what tangles the wool together - and it really hurts if you stab your finger with it, a lot more than with a normal needle or pin). - A foam pad (you can easily find this at Amazon or Ebay and they came in different sizes, make sure you get the ones specifically designed for needle felting, mainly because of its thickness). - For this particular tutorial a cookie cutter is used to help with the shape. Although it is not essential, it does help first timers. Things to keep in mind: - This process of needle-felting through another fabric is slightly different then just making shapes using your wool straight agains the foam pad. - Remember to work with layers and to keep your bundles about 1cm thick. You can always add bits here and there as you will see in the next pictures. - With the wool in place, start stabbing it. Remember you don't need to stab it too far in the foam. The barbs are the the tip of the needle. Last but not least... - After working a few layers, remove the cookie cutter (if you're using one) and work your edges. Use the needle to perfect your shape. - Once you've finished, use an iron to help fixing it. Remember to do it both ways (inside and out). I learnt that spraying some water over it before ironing helps make your shape denser.

Something that is junk to us, is often a treasure for somebody else. For example, Simon Brown (or thegentlemanfelter) collects old and worn out brushes that anyone else would think of as useless. But he turns them into meadows for foxes or tree branches for birds, and he fills these creations with curiosity and life.

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My name is Tyorka. I live in a small town called Komsomolsk-on-Amur, which is in the east of Russia.

Needle felting with a wire armature can be a little daunting, especially if you are new to needle felting. But it’s easy and really useful for when something needs stability or to add detail or dimension.

Ready to learn some new advanced needle felting techniques that will bring you to the next level of needle felting. Great needle felting tips and projects!

Have you ever tried needle felting? Needle felting is pretty like clay, but unlike clay, you need to use a needle instead of your hands to make lovely creations. Best of all, it's a little bit cathartic, and it's perfect for after-work. And compared to other crafts, needle felting is very cheap to try. And needle felting can make a lot of effects that other materials and crafts can't achieve. For example, make almost identical pet sculptures. If you haven't started needle felting, I believe you will be ready to go through the pictures below! If you are a needle felting veteran and need some inspiration, then you should also check out our selection of needle felting animals pictures. They are all our lovely friends on Instagram. They are very talented, and They all have different strengths and specialties in needle felting skills. I believe you can learn a lot from their works.

After finally leaving Barra, with the help of my new friends, I made my way to Garsdale Head in North Yorkshire where I had reserved a room at a B & B – Garsdale House. The workshop was i…

Stiffening felt is a simple and satisfying DIY project with dramatic results! In this article, I demonstrate how to stiffen felt using supplies you probably already have in your kitchen! You can stiffen felt just a little (to add just a little more body) or a lot (to make it stiff enough to take on

VIDEO TUTORIAL WRITTEN TUTORIAL See photographs below: 1 & 2: Start with a long length of wool and roll into a TIGHT rough oval/cylinder shape, stopping and tucking in the ends as you go; to get it really tight, push down into the foam pad or whatever surface you are using. Do not start to