Welcome to my gallery of
needle felted characters. I have so much fun bringing them to life
and nearly as much fun
photographing them. I am an avid Flickr user so make sure to click
the links to view my character's
galleries on Flickr.
My latest felting efforts have
been focused on bringing to life caricatures of real people.
I call the following collection
CELEBRITY FELT
ALIVE!
The Beatles
This project makes me so happy!
I have been dreaming of creating the Beatles since I started needle
felting.
Li'l Mr. T
Li'l Jackie Chan
Li'l Johnny Cash
Li'l Elvis!
Li'l Marilyn Monroe
She turned out so tragic looking.
Li'l Bob Dylan
He's one of my faves!!!
Li'l Janice Joplin
What can I say? She's my li'l rock star for
sure!
Li'l Elton John
A great way to challenge myself; bring such a
flamboyant character to life!
Li'l Conan O'Brien
What fun it was to bring Conan's quirky look to life
in needle felted wool!
Li'l Conan dreams of meeting Big Conan some day!
And check out Li'l Conan's epic adventure ice fishing
here in Alaska!
The needle felted bear was made by me especially for
this video.
My nephews, Nick and Ben Petal, made the stop-motion
animation video.
Li'l Willie Nelson
I've been a fan of Willie for many years and it was
a great thrill to bring him to life in glorious wool!
Sarah Palin
(I grew up with her here in Wasilla and just couldn't
help myself.)
The next group of characters are
purely from my imagination
Clementine
Jim Timmie
Katie
George
A first Felt Alive Doll with removable dentures!
Evelyn
Hilda
(Well, Hilda was not from my imagination totally, she
was inspired by a pin-up caricature
by Duane Bryers.)
Cyrus (with my Great-Niece, Chloe)
Droits!
Doc Treeboat
Mindy
I finally made a Felt Alive Dog
Rufus
Crackers and His Bro', Alice
Gladys
Mac
Igor
This is my needle felted tribute to the late, great
Marty Feldman.
His Igor (Eye-Gor) character in the comedy Young
Frankenstein is just classic!
Igor's Flickr Gallery
Older Works
Little Girl in Pink Jammies
Soft sculpted little girl - she is holing her little teddy bear. I made this little girl for a charity auction so her name is up to her new family.
Cupid
I set out to make a sweet little cupid and this rather silly looking character showed up instead. The song "Stupid Cupid" kept running through my mind as I created him.
Baby Brother
This little pair was donated to a charity auction.
Lena
This is another little cutie in her jammies
Moon Man
I made this for a felting challenge.
Little Girl
This is little Hazel. She sits about 6 inches tall. She is wearing a yellow dress. Clic the link to watch a video!
Santa
Santa is about 20 inches tall. He is enjoying some down time in his red long-johns and wool socks .
Elf
This is Chieder. Check out his video!
Young Love
This couple is young at heart. And yes, it's true Granpa's in his Superman Underoos! Make sure to watch their video!
Grandpa Vern
My niece named him after my late father. The resemblance is a bit uncanny!
Grandpa Vern's Woman
She doesn't have a name - my niece just calls her Grandma.
Cookie
The sexiest distance between two points is a curve!
Hailey
I made Hailey in a workshop. She was supposed to be sunbathing but really, she looks better flying.
Kleebus
I made Kleebus in a class with Birgitte Krag Hansen. He is quite a character. The class was Funny Theatre Figures.
A. Einstein
Here is a needle felted over wire armature caricature of Albert Einstein.
Skye
This is Skye - A very early work. She is over a wire armature. Her handbag is needle felted as well.
Mush
This is my little tribute to my home town's sled dog racing heritage. I even needle some of my husky mutts' fur into the little dogs.
Nuno Felt Scarves
Wool felted onto
silk
These are my first attempts but I think there can be
no doubt where I got my inspiration. Photos taken in my front
yard.
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