I’m Jill Newman, the person who is lucky enough to spend every day designing and creating everything you see here in my Zazzy Peacock Studios shop. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, and I welcome special requests. To learn more about me and my work, please check out my blog at www.zazzypeacockstudios.blogspot.com.
I am a lawyer-turned-artist, the proud mom of two amazing teen-ish boys (15 and 11), and married almost 17 years to the love of my life. I have enjoyed many creative endeavors over the years, but I fell in love with needle felting at first poke and can’t seem to stop. I also enjoy painting and creating upcycled artwork.
I would describe my style as funky, modern, colorful, fun, and sophisticated – sometimes even all at the same time! I am inspired by the rich colors and incredible patterns found in nature (and not just peacocks!), simple lines and geometry, symbols from modern and ancient cultures, and tribal art and crafts. I am also lucky to have many wonderful girls and women in my life – nieces, sisters, friends, my mom -- who inspire me to create jewelry and accessories for every age. So hopefully you will find gifts here for all the girls and women in your life. I hope you enjoy my creations as much as I enjoy making them.
For those of you who are new to felting, needle felting involves taking loose wool fibers, usually roving or batting, which have been dyed in a wonderful array of brilliant, rich colors, and poking them repeatedly (we’re talking a lot of poking) with special barbed needles until the fibers become enmeshed and matted together into one seamless fabric. I create designs by adding little wisps of different colored fibers, almost like I’m painting with wool. I absolutely love it! I also do some wet felting, which involves applying hot soapy water and rubbing and rolling the fibers until they are tightly meshed together.
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