Japanese Artist Makes Realistic 3D Cat Portraits Out Of Felted Wool, And The Result Is Too Purrfect
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Needle felting is a fun and exciting hobby if you have a knack for handcrafts. With some skill and patience, a various range of things can be created by felting – from accessories to clothing; there’s no limit to it. A Japanese artist called Wakuneco chose to make incredible hyper-realistic and stunningly beautiful cat portraits from the basic natural wool used in needle felt.
The artist uses wool of various colors and creates 3D pet portraits using needle felting techniques. On her Instagram, the artist has shared that it’s a very long and delicate work, and it takes her about a month to complete one portrait, but the resulting needle felt animals pays the effort fully. Wakuneco uses pictures of real cats to create portraits as realistic as possible.
Take a look at some of her works below, and maybe you’ll be inspired to take up the hobby of felting animals, too!
More info: Instagram
Japanese artist Wakuneco started needle felting only in 2015
However, looking at her works it seems that she’s been doing it all her life
She uses pictures of real cats as a reference to make her portraits as real as possible
Take a look at some of the beautiful works below
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Exact replicats!
I want one for my cat
same.
Wow! They look so real!
Wow what a copyCat.... my cats demands self portraits.
Am I the only one who finds these a really cool, yet quite disturbing? Like it's an exact replica of the cat head, but it's just....a disembodied head.
i find them creepy too. it is amazing work, they really look like real...but to they look too real to hang on the wall..
This is the most impressive thing I've seen in weeks! WOW!
My cats are already little egotists. I don't think they need help with that! The portraits are lovely, though.
Where can we buy these?
Incredible!
That is really scary like a decapitated head of cat.. Especially before the framing
shut up and take my money :D <3 too cute !!!!!
where can i buy one?
This is absolutely amazing!!! Looks like a real cat! Where do you sell?
How can I get one????!!!???!!!??!!?!
Very pretty...But what happened to the whiskers?
Whiskers are quite difficult to attach to a needle felted work and those can easily drop off. Better idea to leave those out.
Oh OK, stands to reason. Thank you
Did notice some had whiskers though... Maybe put in after receiving.
Stunning. Gorgeous. That detailed work must take incredible patience.
I love the (real) cat with a black "moustache".
can i order ?
Do they make dog portraits?
So want to get them. They look so realistic
aNO BLACK CATS????
Sad that she's using one animals hair (wool) to make another out of it.
Sad that she's using one animals hair to make another.
is incredible how muchis realistic.
Someone needs to explain the concept of The Uncanny Valley to this artist. These are disturbing.
How can we got some? Just amazing!
These are amazing!!! Could you make me one??! I have a ragdoll seal-point, so it's pretty generic.
I normally dislike felted wool crafts but these are good. I want one.
I LOVE most of these. When I first glanced at the first portrait image, I thought a real cat was sticking his head out of a box!
All of them are stunning, what realistic cats thay are
OMG! I am talentless!
"The overseas shipment is not possible. I'm sorry." ;(
Asome so realistic.
Urgh! They are so realistic that they seem like real hunting trophies! Imagine a trophy wall covered in neatly framed little cat faces?...
Urgh! They are so realistic that they look to me like real hunting trophies! Imagine a wall covered in little neatly framed cat faces? ...
amazing!!!
adorable
So, you think you're a creepy cat lady? No. No you're not. Not until you have a realistic 3D portrait of your cat/cats. Imagine walking into a house that has even one of this things?
They look great but with the missing whiskers, they look odd to me.
I'm sorry but I find this creepy as hell!
Do you sell them? Send me your price tags for each pussy cat, i'll buy
LOVE
great skill in his hands
*her
OMG...I want two of my cats!
Uurgh, it looks creepy, like a taxidermist gone rogue. Stuff of horror films.
WOW!!! Those are absolutely amazing! Almost too realistic!
Bewitching. Absoluteley.
I want one of my cats (they died a few years ago, old age and disease etc)
I wonder what those whiskers are made of in two of the pictures? They look so perfect with thinning ends. Are they maybe real?
The imagination people have....I mean seriously, I don't think I could have been able to come up with an idea to do that, let alone actually doing it!
Amazing!!!!!
I'm horribly allergic to cats... this would be the perfect alternative. I now have a chance to be a crazy cat lady
Beautiful !!!
Merciful Zeus. These are a-freaking-mazing. Wow. How much for one of my Ferret? (for real, not kidding, PM me please amazing artist)
Would love to order one or two
So talented! I have to reassure myself that I'm not looking at a stuffed, mounted cat face.
I've never been so impressed, yet creeped out, at the same time. Amazing talent. And eek.
sweet God! It seems these cats are going to jump out of the frame!!
How do you commission him/ her? Amazing talent!!
incredible! Would be nice to have one done to remember your special kitties
WOW!!! Outstanding work!
Need this!!!
Sooo crazy talented!
Hmm, similar to the head trophies kept by hunters. No too creepy for me.
Amazing work!! They look SO real!!
These are fab. Nice work
Is it just me, or do they look a bit macabre, like you'd expect those to be on a grave or something? "In remembrance of Fluffy. RIP"
i'm torn - she is very talented & they look awesome, but at the same time I'm freaked out that they look like mounted cat heads! where do people get this kind of talent?!
Holy crap these are amazing
Wow scary real!
I WANT THEM ALL!
Absolutely stunning work!!
Awesome
seriously impressive and painstaking work - beautiful
This is astounding! I am so impressed!
Wow!
That's true talent! Where can we contact her to buy our own ?
I can't stop thinking how he did the eyes???
my guess is the class taxidermy type glass eyes that can catch the light.
There are also flat back eyes available on craft supply websites. Some are feline, some are reptilian, and some are pure fantasy.
Dear BP Editors: just pointing out a small error (making of instead of making off). :)
Now that he's been featured on Bored Panda, he is probably going to get bombarded with requests for kitty portraits.
This artist is amazing!
The first one looks like Firestar!
Fantastic
Keep it small. Moment it looked like rip off cat face, horrendous.
No No No. Sill level and talent are 100%, but it's too much like keeping cat carcasses on the walls.
"Skill" level I mean
I don't understand why some of you is saying "he" when the artist is a female.
Good technique for a kitch result.
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Exact replicats!
I want one for my cat
same.
Wow! They look so real!
Wow what a copyCat.... my cats demands self portraits.
Am I the only one who finds these a really cool, yet quite disturbing? Like it's an exact replica of the cat head, but it's just....a disembodied head.
i find them creepy too. it is amazing work, they really look like real...but to they look too real to hang on the wall..
This is the most impressive thing I've seen in weeks! WOW!
My cats are already little egotists. I don't think they need help with that! The portraits are lovely, though.
Where can we buy these?
Incredible!
That is really scary like a decapitated head of cat.. Especially before the framing
shut up and take my money :D <3 too cute !!!!!
where can i buy one?
This is absolutely amazing!!! Looks like a real cat! Where do you sell?
How can I get one????!!!???!!!??!!?!
Very pretty...But what happened to the whiskers?
Whiskers are quite difficult to attach to a needle felted work and those can easily drop off. Better idea to leave those out.
Oh OK, stands to reason. Thank you
Did notice some had whiskers though... Maybe put in after receiving.
Stunning. Gorgeous. That detailed work must take incredible patience.
I love the (real) cat with a black "moustache".
can i order ?
Do they make dog portraits?
So want to get them. They look so realistic
aNO BLACK CATS????
Sad that she's using one animals hair (wool) to make another out of it.
Sad that she's using one animals hair to make another.
is incredible how muchis realistic.
Someone needs to explain the concept of The Uncanny Valley to this artist. These are disturbing.
How can we got some? Just amazing!
These are amazing!!! Could you make me one??! I have a ragdoll seal-point, so it's pretty generic.
I normally dislike felted wool crafts but these are good. I want one.
I LOVE most of these. When I first glanced at the first portrait image, I thought a real cat was sticking his head out of a box!
All of them are stunning, what realistic cats thay are
OMG! I am talentless!
"The overseas shipment is not possible. I'm sorry." ;(
Asome so realistic.
Urgh! They are so realistic that they seem like real hunting trophies! Imagine a trophy wall covered in neatly framed little cat faces?...
Urgh! They are so realistic that they look to me like real hunting trophies! Imagine a wall covered in little neatly framed cat faces? ...
amazing!!!
adorable
So, you think you're a creepy cat lady? No. No you're not. Not until you have a realistic 3D portrait of your cat/cats. Imagine walking into a house that has even one of this things?
They look great but with the missing whiskers, they look odd to me.
I'm sorry but I find this creepy as hell!
Do you sell them? Send me your price tags for each pussy cat, i'll buy
LOVE
great skill in his hands
*her
OMG...I want two of my cats!
Uurgh, it looks creepy, like a taxidermist gone rogue. Stuff of horror films.
WOW!!! Those are absolutely amazing! Almost too realistic!
Bewitching. Absoluteley.
I want one of my cats (they died a few years ago, old age and disease etc)
I wonder what those whiskers are made of in two of the pictures? They look so perfect with thinning ends. Are they maybe real?
The imagination people have....I mean seriously, I don't think I could have been able to come up with an idea to do that, let alone actually doing it!
Amazing!!!!!
I'm horribly allergic to cats... this would be the perfect alternative. I now have a chance to be a crazy cat lady
Beautiful !!!
Merciful Zeus. These are a-freaking-mazing. Wow. How much for one of my Ferret? (for real, not kidding, PM me please amazing artist)
Would love to order one or two
So talented! I have to reassure myself that I'm not looking at a stuffed, mounted cat face.
I've never been so impressed, yet creeped out, at the same time. Amazing talent. And eek.
sweet God! It seems these cats are going to jump out of the frame!!
How do you commission him/ her? Amazing talent!!
incredible! Would be nice to have one done to remember your special kitties
WOW!!! Outstanding work!
Need this!!!
Sooo crazy talented!
Hmm, similar to the head trophies kept by hunters. No too creepy for me.
Amazing work!! They look SO real!!
These are fab. Nice work
Is it just me, or do they look a bit macabre, like you'd expect those to be on a grave or something? "In remembrance of Fluffy. RIP"
i'm torn - she is very talented & they look awesome, but at the same time I'm freaked out that they look like mounted cat heads! where do people get this kind of talent?!
Holy crap these are amazing
Wow scary real!
I WANT THEM ALL!
Absolutely stunning work!!
Awesome
seriously impressive and painstaking work - beautiful
This is astounding! I am so impressed!
Wow!
That's true talent! Where can we contact her to buy our own ?
I can't stop thinking how he did the eyes???
my guess is the class taxidermy type glass eyes that can catch the light.
There are also flat back eyes available on craft supply websites. Some are feline, some are reptilian, and some are pure fantasy.
Dear BP Editors: just pointing out a small error (making of instead of making off). :)
Now that he's been featured on Bored Panda, he is probably going to get bombarded with requests for kitty portraits.
This artist is amazing!
The first one looks like Firestar!
Fantastic
Keep it small. Moment it looked like rip off cat face, horrendous.
No No No. Sill level and talent are 100%, but it's too much like keeping cat carcasses on the walls.
"Skill" level I mean
I don't understand why some of you is saying "he" when the artist is a female.
Good technique for a kitch result.
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