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I Make Wool Copies Of Peoples’ Pets
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I am a needle felting artist who creates poseable sculptures of dogs, owls, and other realistic (and whimsical) creatures. Many people I encounter have never heard of needle felting. Needle felting involves using a barbed needle to repeatedly poke at piles of loose wool and other fibers until they form solid shapes. The barbs on the needle cause the individual fibers to entangle, eventually forming a solid three-dimensional shape.
Many people commission me to create dog sculptures of their or a family member’s favorite dog. These dogs are often referred to as “soul dogs” – dogs fate has placed with their human companions. I also receive many orders for sculptures of special dogs who have passed away – I believe a dog sculpture is an unique way to remember and honor a beloved companion.
My dream is to one day support myself and my family with my needle felting. It brings me great joy to create felt sculptures of people’s pets and to be able to felt fulltime would be such an honor.
I use people’s photos to create custom dog sculptures
To make these felt dogs, I start by building a wire armature. I use dog breed guidelines and figures of dog skeletons to create a wire “skeleton” to build my sculpture on
I then use my customer’s photos as well as breed guidelines to felt the actual dog. I pay special attention to each dog’s unique characteristics, such as coat color, patterns, and markings
My ultimate goal is to create a miniature replica of that particular dog
Because my sculptures contain wire armatures, the dogs are completely poseable- they can be posed into multiple positions
Each dog takes approximately two to three weeks to complete
You can find these adorable dogs on Etsy.
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It is incredible, beautiful, lovely. Thanks for the photos.
Very cute !!
So awesome!!!
if you make them, the owner (if the dog passed away) then they could go crazy, like my aunt...she talks to her stuffed cat 24/7
Really good love the feet
They are gorgeous. You are a fantastic artist & I think I'll be looking you up to create one for my dog
So cool!
I sure hope you are using wool which comes from sheep who have been treated humanely.
These dogs are adorable. It's a much better way of remembering a deceased pet, than having the real dog stuffed and preserved.
Omg...this is neat. Nice project!
Wow! great job!
OMG! I need one of these like my dog <3 incredible, really :)
can you do cats?
Oh woow! I would so buy these and collect them if I could! :) adorable
so realistic- good job :)
Nice idea, but I find it a tad creepy.
Please use a non-animal-derived material in place of wool. Wool is obtained from cruel methods. Sad to honor one animal by harming another.
U should not make replicas pets with wool they do cruel things to the sheep to get the wool u should watch peta.com to c how they treat them
You shouldn't believe everything peta says. They have one of the highest kill percentages of their "saved" animals.
It is incredible, beautiful, lovely. Thanks for the photos.
Very cute !!
So awesome!!!
if you make them, the owner (if the dog passed away) then they could go crazy, like my aunt...she talks to her stuffed cat 24/7
Really good love the feet
They are gorgeous. You are a fantastic artist & I think I'll be looking you up to create one for my dog
So cool!
I sure hope you are using wool which comes from sheep who have been treated humanely.
These dogs are adorable. It's a much better way of remembering a deceased pet, than having the real dog stuffed and preserved.
Omg...this is neat. Nice project!
Wow! great job!
OMG! I need one of these like my dog <3 incredible, really :)
can you do cats?
Oh woow! I would so buy these and collect them if I could! :) adorable
so realistic- good job :)
Nice idea, but I find it a tad creepy.
Please use a non-animal-derived material in place of wool. Wool is obtained from cruel methods. Sad to honor one animal by harming another.
U should not make replicas pets with wool they do cruel things to the sheep to get the wool u should watch peta.com to c how they treat them
You shouldn't believe everything peta says. They have one of the highest kill percentages of their "saved" animals.