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The challenge I have set myself to design a whole host of useful, wearable and decorative items born of my passion for collecting textiles and the pressing necessity to re-create.

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A two part article sharing how I got started in needle felting in order to make additional characters for our stop motion animation project:

Getting Started With Needle felting &  Making Miniatures 

This is part of an ongoing project of making props and extras for our stop motion dolls' house film. The animation centres around an Edwardian dolls' house...read more 

Making a Teeny Tiny Teddy for a Dolls' House Doll

I really loved making this project, it is always challenging to work in miniature, not just because it is physically more demanding but also because it is less forgiving when it comes to mistakes..read more




The above articles cover the techniques for creating 'sculptures in  wool' that with the addition of armature can be made to move and come alive on screen. Below is the prototype for the two Collies I have now made in needle felt and which I have uploaded onto my second YouTube channel, which is still in its infancy!



...and this is what they look like now they have been fed with woollen comestibles...