Felt
Alongside my embroidery patterns, I create 3D felt animals, felt decorations and occasionally 2D felt pieces too. I use a quality wool/ viscose blend felt; many of the felts I use are heathered which means they have a lovely, extremely subtle, mottled effect. I add hand embroidery, seed beads and often small handmade tassels too.
I began making felt decorations around four years ago. They were born from a commission request from an artist friend and loyal customer, who having been a fan of the hand painted decorations I'd made many years ago, enquired about the possibility of me creating a set of folk art inspired Christmas ornaments. I'd been away from decoration making for a while, so ummed and ahhed over the best technique I might use, and in the end I decided on felt. I enjoyed creating these little unique pieces so much that I continued making them and have since created many both as commissions and individual one off sales pieces.
Last year I also began to create posable 3D felt animals. These are a joy to create - I start off with an idea of what I'd like to make, along with some drawings, but even with a plan of what I'd like the end result to be, I find as I work on them they take on their own unique little characters. All of my felt animals are sent on their way to their new homes with an embossed certificate of authenticity.
A selection of my felt work is shown below. I periodically create pieces to offer for sale (keep an eye on my Instagram and Facebook pages for updates) which I list in my felt shop and depending on my availability can also make them to commission; if you have something in mind, please do feel free to get in touch. I can offer the designs shown here or on my social media accounts in your chosen colours, or something totally new. I also offer custom pieces inspired by pets; not pet portraits as such, rather they are decorations or 3D felt animals featuring folk art inspired pattern and embellishment created in colours inspired by your pet. Prices start from £20 for decorations and £75 for 3D felt animals.
A selection of felt pieces I have worked on are shown below, click the images to see them larger/ see more information.
Alongside my embroidery patterns, I create 3D felt animals, felt decorations and occasionally 2D felt pieces too. I use a quality wool/ viscose blend felt; many of the felts I use are heathered which means they have a lovely, extremely subtle, mottled effect. I add hand embroidery, seed beads and often small handmade tassels too.
I began making felt decorations around four years ago. They were born from a commission request from an artist friend and loyal customer, who having been a fan of the hand painted decorations I'd made many years ago, enquired about the possibility of me creating a set of folk art inspired Christmas ornaments. I'd been away from decoration making for a while, so ummed and ahhed over the best technique I might use, and in the end I decided on felt. I enjoyed creating these little unique pieces so much that I continued making them and have since created many both as commissions and individual one off sales pieces.
Last year I also began to create posable 3D felt animals. These are a joy to create - I start off with an idea of what I'd like to make, along with some drawings, but even with a plan of what I'd like the end result to be, I find as I work on them they take on their own unique little characters. All of my felt animals are sent on their way to their new homes with an embossed certificate of authenticity.
A selection of my felt work is shown below. I periodically create pieces to offer for sale (keep an eye on my Instagram and Facebook pages for updates) which I list in my felt shop and depending on my availability can also make them to commission; if you have something in mind, please do feel free to get in touch. I can offer the designs shown here or on my social media accounts in your chosen colours, or something totally new. I also offer custom pieces inspired by pets; not pet portraits as such, rather they are decorations or 3D felt animals featuring folk art inspired pattern and embellishment created in colours inspired by your pet. Prices start from £20 for decorations and £75 for 3D felt animals.
A selection of felt pieces I have worked on are shown below, click the images to see them larger/ see more information.
Do you own a shop or gallery and would be interested in stocking my work? Please feel free to drop me a message via my contact form
