Dust Bunny from Harmony - Needle Felt Sculpture

Description

The inspiration for this dust bunny scampers out of the pages of a Jayne Castle's romantic-suspense with a paranormal twist series based on the planet of Harmony. Where dust bunnies prove to be loyal pets and ferocious hunter-protectors.

Vincent is a large wad of lint looking harmless as a ball of fuzz from under the bed and who's bright blue eyes sparkle innocently from a tangle of gray wool. He scampers around on 6 legs begging pretzels and paints large impressionistic canvases when not protecting his lovely owner from the dangers of a extinct alien underground society, energy ghosts and criminal humans.

Vincent is 6 1/2" long, 5" wide and 4 1/2" tall with a wire armature that is covered by needle felted gray wool.

Remember the Needle Felted Portraits are for the adult collector and not toys. The edges and back of the animal are fully felted and finished.

All items are made in a pet friendly, kid friendly, 100% SMOKE FREE home and contain animal fibers.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Barbara
Pit Bull Lady Designs
Proud member of West MI Etsians & NFEST

PROCESS: Needle felting is the process of agitating washed wool roving with a wickedly sharp barb needle and sculpting it into shape. A special barbed needle to felt with and several different high quality fibers - Corridale, Merino, llama, alpaca, angora, mohair and other animal fibers to achieve the correct colors of each dog breed as much as possible. Each dog is made without the use of patterns or kits. The sculpting is done by poking the wool fibers thousands of times until they interlock and felt together and the artistry of the animal’s shape and personality appear. As with any art form, sometimes the “woolies” takes on a life of its own and leads the artist to its final beautiful sculpture that can not be exactly copied or mass produced, even by the artist. And believe me, I have tried to make the same animal twice and the wool wants to do what the wool wants to do, even with me poking it into submission.

CUSTOM ORDERS: If desired, I would love to work with you to create a (OOAK) One Of A Kind sculpture from your pictures, description, and animal's breed standard. I take great joy in being conformationally correct as possible with these lovely animals. Realize that needle felting doesn't photograph well, it is a tactile art that requires touch and in person viewing for the full experience of felt sculpture. For custom order portraits of your favorite pet or show animal, I will be working directly off of photographs that you supply, pictures must clearly show markings & profile of the animal. The description of the animal’s temperament helps clarify the vision of the animal not seen in pictures and allows the animal’s shape and personality to appear. A portion of the fiber for sculpture can be from your own animal's hair to make this a very special keepsake for you. Please allow 5-6 weeks for completion from the date of deposit.

PHOTOS: All of these photos and more are available for viewing at www.flickr.com/photos/pitbullladydesigns .

Added on Oct 25, 2009