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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. Items can be purchased from my Etsy store.

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 lion fish felted from sari silk waste and merino wool with mulberry silk spines — Richard – Lionfish

Needle felted highland cow made with wool roving yarn — The Dude – Highland Cow – sold

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 – sold

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

Rainbow trout sculpture made from needle felted wool in pink, orange and blue and mounted on live edge stump — Jumping Jack – Rainbow Trout

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

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 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 – sold

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.

Needle felted peacock on walnut slab — Argus the Walnut Peacock

Needle felted lions head with citron green eyes and teal, purple, brown and gold long curly wool locks for mane. Mounted under live edge wood slab with felted lion paw print — Rafi – sold

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

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

Wood and felted wool lion head with locust wood forehead, needle felted muzzle to match and dozens of multi-colored felt dreadlocks for the mane. — Elmira – sold

Spalted maple slab and needle felted ball python — Spalted maple snakeskin and integrated felt ball python

Needle felted velvet moose with locust wood and paper rod antlers — The velvet moose

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

Hairy coo or highland cow head made from wood and needle felted wool with silk tendrils for hair

Great owl in spalted wood and felted — Errol the grey owl – sold

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

pheasant created from needle felted head and neck, pitted live edge wood body and wet felted tail feathers — Dimples the pheasant

Needle felted lion head on maple slab of wood — Aslan – Lion

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

Live edge maple slab with movement that looked like the breaking of a wave, paired with a wool painting of varied blue, grey and white merion wool, joomchi paper strings, curly wool and silk felted to echo the movement of the wood. The wool painting sits on top of a blue velvet background and the pieces are paired together in a reflection. The combined piece looks like both a wave and a whale. — Ocean – sold

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

Free standing sculpture titled Erupting Seed Pod. A 3.5 ft tall hackberry wood slab split in half and mounted at a slight angle with layers of media in between of graded transparency. Bottom layer is cream felt with rips that expose gray felt, middle layer is cheesecloth with embroidery and top layer is rafia and cheesecloth — 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

Wet felted birch tree in snow — Tree in Snow – sold

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

Wool painting of night reflection with hand embroidered full moon, navy felt background, cream felt reflection in the water and wavy free motion embroidery in the sky — Night Reflection

Wool painting of ground squirrel with silk flowers in background — Squiccoli – sold

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.