Portfolio

Needle Felting

I tend to gravitate towards animals that are a little goofy looking but sometimes I just feel the need to try to replicate an interesting feature with wool. Items marked as sold can typically be created again – please contact me to discuss. Click on the image if you are interested in purchasing.

Needle felted highland cow or hairy coo head faux taxidermy with tan felt horns that curl up at black ends, a peach colored nose and ears and long curly brown, tan and cream merino wool and tussah silk blended shaggy hair that covers the eyes. — Patty – Highland Cow – sold

Needle felted draft horse head and neck faux taxidermy with cream colored horse snout and ears, a gray muzzle, warm copper colored eyes and long brown, tan and cream mane made of merino wool and tussah silk blend mounted on a pine bead board set within an antique horse collar. — Bisou – Draft Horse in horse collar

Needle felted valais sheep head faux taxidermy with tan and brown striped curly horns and white and black long curly wool locks and a small silver colored bell hanging around the neck. The head is mounted on a weathered gray wall plaque for easy hanging. — Wallis – Valais Sheep

Needle felted bue-ringed octopus made from cream wool for the head, body and tentacles and tan circles ringed with blue and yellow. Eyes made from buttons and the tentacles have wire armature to allow for shaping. The octopus is mounted to an antique blue enamel pan cover. — Ooblar – Blue-ringed Octopus

Needle felted emu head and neck faux taxidermy mount with dark gray wool feathers on head, light gray wool on beak and upper neck feathers and gray and brown wool feathers on lower neck. Striking orange eyes. The head is mounted on a piece of weathered barn wood — Doug – Emu – sold

Needle felted life size northern saw-whet owl made with varying shades of brown wool for body and wing feathers with a ring of cream around yellow eyes. The own is sitting on a homemade spalted maple live edge shelf. — Screech- Northern Saw-whet Owl – sold

Moon – Asian Bullfrog – available at MOWA

Needle felted arctic fox head faux taxidermy mount made from white merino wool and tussah silk blend fibers for the fur and blue gray eyes outlined in black silk. The muzzle has gray freckles and wire for whiskers and the nose is black wool. The head is mounted on a weathered gray plaque for hanging on the wall — Luna – Arctic Fox

Needle felted Gray Angler Fish named Belle with working light — Belle – Angler Fish – sold

Needle felted 3D peacock with royal blue wool for head, neck and body. Green and blue tufts of wool on the top of the head and a shibori pleated wool skirt of feathers with an ombre blue to green to gray green and embroidered crosses for detail. Mounted on a black fram where the feathered skirt overhangs. — Cyrus – Peacock – sold

Needle felted faux taxidermy pufferfish head in bright teal blue with white belly, purple striped fins, purple and yellow polka dots, blue spikes and oversized yellow eyes mounted on white plaque for wall hanging — Gizmo – Pufferfish

Needle felted inky mushrooms and creamy button mushrooms blanketed across moss and stones made from wool and a brown life like snail nestled among the forest. The scene is mounted on a live edge slab of ash for a beautiful cottage core centerpiece — Fairy garden mushroom forest on live edge ash – available at MOWA

Wood and Wool Fusion Art

I think live edge slabs of wood are works of art on their own so I build on their beauty by pairing them with an original wool painting that is an echo of the wood’s shape or movement.

Custom headboard made from 7 ft by 3 ft spalted elm live edge slab. Multiple animal shapes were pulled from the lines in the wood and felted on the surface including a moose, owl, badger, walleye, snapping turtle and rattle snake — Northwoods Headboard commission on 7 ft spalted elm slab – includes moose, owl, badger, walleye, snapping turtle and rattlesnake

Needle felted weimaraner head integrated into live edge walnut slab — Weimaraner commission integrated into live edge walnut

Wood and felted wool lion — Simba – felted wool and locust wood lion

Felted giraffe head with chocolate brown eyes and teal tufted horns on a spalted elm board — Elmira – Spalted elm and felted wool giraffe

Spalted maple slab and needle felted ball python — Spalted maple snakeskin and integrated felt ball python – available at MOWA

Spalted maple slab with black spots integrated into a felt head of a clouded leopard with feather ribs for whiskers — Spalted maple clouded leopard on branch – available for sale at MOWA

Great horned owl in live edge locust slab — Owl Series

Barred Owl created within live edge walnut — Owl Series

screech owl with felted head and feathers and live edge ash bark belly

Brown owl with blue eyes with wet felted head and live edge locust bark body

large scale shibori wet felting technique used to create a piece of felt that looks like a piece of wood complete with rings and knots. The felt is mounted inside an open black frame in mirror opposite to a live edge walnut slab — Shibori Texture Felt and Walnut Slab

Nuno felted flame with red, orange and yellow wool with accents of teal and blue mounted on a flame shaped live edge slab or ash — Flame felt mounted on ash slab – sold

Nuno ‘stained glass’ felt and walnut slab – sold

Shibori texture wet felting piece that emulates the beach with ripples of blues and greens for the water, gold and tan for the beach and curly wool in a cascade of frothy water. Some see a grouper shape when they look at it. This is mounted on a live edge slab of spalted maple — Shibori Texture Felt and Maple Slab

Coin slabs of box elder tree with red wool between to pull out the red graining in the wood. Paired with 5 wet felted red, orange and gold curly wool flowers with alternating blue velvet and green satin pistils and white wool rope stems. — Box Elder Flowers

Ocean

Nuno felted wool art depicting rain drops in a puddle with variegated blues, golds, browns and creams and a black border hung in an open black frame opposite of a live edge walnut slab — Rain drops in puddle – sold

Nuno felted wool tapestry with one red and black koi and once blue and yellow speckled with purple crosshatch scaled koi swimming in the yin and yang position. The koi is mounted by wood pegs to a live edge slab of walnut that is naturally fish shaped — Nuno felt Koi Fish and Walnut Slab

Erupting Seed Pod

Wool Paintings

I started my journey with felting taking a local art class on painting landscapes with wool and fell in love with the medium. I now create paintings inspired by nature.

Wet felted 3D galaxy painting in blues, yellows and grays. With ringed rock planets, worm hole tubes and star trails. Painting is 24x18, mounted in a yellow burlap mat and simple black frame. — Galaxy

Wool painting that started with a copper repousse bird in the center. Wet felted branches in merino wool, silk fibers and big teak leaf mulberry paper with free motion embroidery, hand embroidery and beaded embellishments. Painting is 24x18, and mounted in a faux brown leather mat and simple black frame. — Family Bird

Night Reflection

Sculpture

I like to create sculpture incorporating found objects, especially when the object is an antique that I can repurpose into a contemporary art piece. For instance, I found a clothes drying rack from 1887 and knew that it would make an impressive hanging installation.

I have also started scavenging branches from the woods and creating branch weavings using wool roving, yarn, silk ribbons, fabric and felt remnants.