More Needle-Felt Trolls

Two more new trolls will be moving to the The Creeky Door, a great little store in Bragg Creek. These little guys are a little over a foot tall and are made by needle felting over a wire armature.

Cyrano is a romantic at heart and believes that everyone can find love with a little help.

I may cut a dashing figure now, but it took me years to overcome my trollish ways. I want to help others learn from my experiences and plan to launch a dating advice blog called 'Trolling for Trysts'.

Magnus hails from Troll Falls in Kananaskis which has become a popular family hike.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy hikers (especially after dark), but I worry about the consequences of an unpleasant troll-human interaction. People seem very aware of the importance of protecting wild-life, but we trolls seem to have fallen between the cracks.

Felted Shoulder Fairies

Have you ever wondered who is responsible for all those niggling little temptations whispered in your ear? Buy that dress, eat that cake, you need those shoes, ohhh chocolate ....

Introducing those pesky little shoulder fairies!

These little temptresses are made with a combination of needle felting and wet felting - a hybrid of my armature needle-felt creatures and some techniques from an Andrea Graham workshop.

Truth be told, the inspiration came from some dear friends who continued to whisper temptations in my ear about buying two dresses for an upcoming wedding - just in case you know!

Quirky felted sea life

I recently took a very interesting three day solid form felting workshop with Andrea Graham. It was a fun and inspiring session and I would highly recommend it.
Andrea has developed some different and valuable techniques that combine needle and wet felting. While I have been experimenting with this idea before, her workshop really helped me take a quantum leap.
My previous experimentation with silk lap on felt got me thinking about making a fish with iridescent scales so when I went to the workshop and saw Andrea's whimsical little pods, quirky fish immediately came to mind and voila: the parrot fish and flying fish in the background. I am hooked and went on to make the bubble fish in the foreground and am working on a sea horse - apparently there is a ocean of creatures to explore. Interestingly, the silk lap did not give me the same scaley look on the bodies, presumably because there is not much shrinkage with this method - still attractive though.