Posts tagged "needle felting"

YOJ09-05 The Caged Heart Grows Cold

The Caged Heart Grows Cold or Portrait of the Artist circa 1998 (2009) Bare copper, polymer coated copper, wool Constructed, needle-felted Pendant:  L 7.5 cm x W 4.2 cm; Neckwire:  L 45 cm I’ve been debating with myself for three weeks about what and how much to write about this week’s entry.  I made the...

YOJ09-03 The Bird Ring

The Bird Ring (2009) Sterling silver, wool Needle-felted, constructed Size 7 Alright, I admit: this looks a bit odd, but trust me, it’s part of the process of figuring out if felting will work for a bonsai ring.  This week, I was needle-felting onto an armature.  I’m working with wool roving, which is very fiddly...

YOJ09-01 Needle Felted Circle Pendant

Needle Felted Circle Pendant (2009) Sterling silver, wool Needle-felted, flame-worked, cold connected L 5.2 cm x W 4 cm Back in 2006, when I was working with the Bonsai Rings one of the challenges I faced was to create realistic looking foliage.  A technique I thought might work well was felting.  I signed up for...