Armature for needle felting

Tracey Turner | Fibre Artist on Instagram: “Next month my membership group will study the movement of a fox. I’ve finished working on my wire armature tutorials and design templates.…”

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Have you ever wondered when to use a wire armature? or been confused as to what size wire to use? Maybe you are wanting to know what wool and needles are best for armature making? In this video, th…

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Digital download PDF file. Wire armature sizes, ratios, of needle felted animals guide, PART 1. INCLUDED FILES: 1 PDF 15 pages, 22 drawings , sizes: cm and inch CAT, WOLF, RED FOX, MOUSE, SQUIRREL, WHIPPET, HORSE, BUNNY, LION, BEAR, HARE, DEER, COW, DOG, GIRAFFE, ELEPHANT, POLAR BEAR, FAWN, CAMEL, BIRD, MONKEY. Height of figures are medium in size, 10-20 cm (4-8 inch). A figure is only one size. The dimensions show the size of the finished figure, not the print size. If you would like to in…

Now I don't profess to be an expert on this, but Louise asked if needle felting was hard, so I'm going to show you how I do it. I didn't use an armature on Hyacinth, but I am using one here for this dog. Cut two pieces of pipe cleaner 4" long and one piece 3 1/2" long. Bend them into the shapes shown. It should end up looking like this. See, two leg parts and one head/body/tail part. Now twist the leg parts around the body part. With a few bends in the right places it's already starting to…

See how this felted mouse came together and how revisions were made. I'm sharing what I learnt from my first 3D Needle Felted Mouse Sculpture

Needle felting trick of the day. When I make my animals with fur I wrap my wire armature with a color that I want to have just a bit of in the finished sculpture. Once I have planted all the fur over it, I use a reverse needle to pull little bits of this color through until it is interspersed throughout my fur. In this case I only wanted small bits of black, so I am pulling it through where I want to highlight that color. After I pull the wool through I just snip it to the length of fur…

Tracey Turner | Fibre Artist | In recent week’s I’ve been experimenting and designing the next needle felting project for my membership - the sea turtle. I have a... | Instagram

Working over wire is a whole ‘other side’ of needle felting for me. I work with small jointed creations for the most part, so I don’t really use an armature. But for thos…

Needle Felting a Doll - recorded LIVE. Needle Felting the face of our dolls will happen across at least two sessions. In this video, we cover the head with w...

Needle felted sleeping hare

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Needle Felted Doll - Fiber Art