I found Michelleness via the Flickr Geek Crafts pool and had a heck of a time deciding which of her many adorable needle-felted sculptures to share. I loved how she captured the faces and cute expressions on these guys, so please accept this submission featuring some of the fine folks (and pups) from Adventure Time:
Oh my lord. If I had an extra $1800 lying around, I would so pick up a gorgeous needle-felted Panserbjørne from beyond-talented felter Stevi T.. Look at the attention to detail— the armor is all detailed and steampunk, the face is beautifully expressive…what a lovely work of art.
Found via Epbot.
The soft precision that is accomplished by skilled felt sculptors always catches my eye, so I was mesmerized this week by the Things That Fly collection. Ms. Davis, the artist, has a range of crazy-cute felted items and it was hard to pick one to display, so I tried to err on the geekiest side. Check out her collection and see if you agree.
Spring is starting to turn into summer. Change is in the air. Squirrels are finding their autumn treasures. Some lucky acorns will grow into mighty trees. Does are throwing baby showers for one and another in the woods and birds are looking for some action.
I have a feeling my favorite naturalist enjoyed this time of year. My hats off to The Greedy Crocodile for her felted busts. If you are more of a physics or literature kind of person, her shop includes some luminaries from those fields.
She’s also got an amazing sculpture of my girl, Marie Curie. I hope to see some more famous women in the future as well!
Yo dawgs, I heard you liked crafted geekery. So I found you a hand-needle-felted QR code die that, when rolled and then scanned, resolves to between one and six six-sided dice (1d6 to 6d6) being “rolled,” via random.org. So you could geek while you geek.
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OK, maybe that meme’s played out.
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Seriously, though, I can’t begin to express how pleased and impressed this craft makes me! First of all, my forays into needle felting were both unsuccessful and physically painful (I wish I were joking), and, second, just cross-stitching one QR code was sufficiently challenging that I promised myself I’d never do it again. There was some pretty serious time and dedication invested in this craft, which I found on Shannon Henry’s Flickr stream, via, of course, Pinterest. She describes it as a “meta die,” which makes sense, right? I wonder (but not enough to do the math myself) if it has the same distribution as a d36.
Anyway, hats off to one very geeky, very talented lady!
It’s a little weird that I’m doing a second Neverending Story post. I mean, if you asked “Do you like The Neverending Story?” of course I would say “Yes,” but it’s not a fandom I’m deeply into, either, if that makes any sense. I’ve never made my own, for instance, felted Falkor. (I encourage you to click through. Irma Hoani, also known as “FairySpit” on Etsy, took many detailed photos of this really lovely piece of felted art. She even has a post about the work in progress!)
But I don’t control what things I find on the internet during any given week, do I? (Shh. Quiet, you.) That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen this week, so that’s what I’m sharing. :)
