So. Uh, yep. Flaaffy. I always spell their name wrong... miss the second 'f' every time. This one is one foot tall.
I wrote down how long this took me. 38 hours and 30 minutes. The largest chunk of that time spent watching the Chevalier de Deon series (or, or, well, the title's something like that), but that had a horrible ending. so horrible
Uhm, so yeah. Second commission ever. Whee~!
Tried a few new things with this: namely, shiny fibers (for the tail orb and eyes) and looser felting for the fluff. I'm mainly worried how it'll hold up, but it did two things: one, saved me oodles of time, and two, it feels so soft. I'm jealous I can't keep it, almost.
But I got paid, so it's all good, and I will gladly see it off to its new home.
Off to my next stuffs~!
This creation was made with a type of crafting called needle felting. Basically what happens is I take a bunch of loose (i.e. roving) wool and jab it with a needle (many, many times). The wool bonds to itself, slowly getting firmer and firmer. Eventually, it's firm enough to stand by itself in a sculpture-like way. By adding more roving wool, I can sculpt a creature or a person or whatever out of the wool.
Needlefelting is a relatively new craft, having only been invented 30 years or so ago. It's similar to the process of wet felting, but instead of using water, needles are used.
My needlefelt creations almost always include a wire base, so they are extremely posable, and I find the freedom of sculpting and the resulting plushness to be everything I could have asked for in a medium.
I happily take commissions, and my prices range from 20 and up, depending on the complexity but mainly on the size.