Wednesday, November 15, 2006

another puppet




I realize photos of 2 or 3 puppets on this blog site cannot really give the desired effect but I am trying to show some of my sculpture without being boring.
I am also working on 2 new projects that I will finish as I have time and most likely after the holidays .
but then again that will also depend on how heavy lambing is then too... all my adult ewes should be delivering lambs jan-Feb time frame.
My puppets are derived from photos of actual animals. Because I breed all white corriedales,my inspiration for other breeds of sheep, Llamas, alpacas etc, comes from pictures I liked. not always from "requested " work. so, just because I used a specific ram as my "model" does not mean that puppet was sold to the ppl who owned that ram.
so if you see a puppet that really "looks" like an animal you have, it may still be available for sale.
soon I will be ordering brass lamb ear tags, they will be engraved with my first initial and last name. and then numbered on the back. I felt this way, if I tag and "number" my work , people will know they recieved an authentic peice of my work, and that even 2 or 3 years down the road, if they give me the number, I will have a reference point , in referring to a peice of work I may have sold.
Yes I use all corriedale in all of my puppets. The outer fluffy wool may be any numbers of fibers but the base sculpture, (that even without the wool just looks like that species of animal only with a very close shave,) that is all corriedale.
yes, from here. I use that because it felts consistently and I have little guessing to do when working with it.
soon I will publish a "puppet in the works" here. so everyone can "watch it come along"
but until then I must go make more Santas :) happy holidays ! Melissa

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

class for SAFF2007


here is one of the 3 items I will be teaching in my class at SAFF on Friday next year. it will be an 8 hour class , with limited spaces . I ask anyone attending this class to please have needlefelted Something, anything before the class . it will help me to instruct the finer detail within the class if everyone already understands how the felting process with a needle works .

santa photos


here are the "santa heads " that I have been making A LOT.
each is a little different but they seem to be very well liked this christmas. thought I should show a photo of them

Monday, November 13, 2006

currently in the "works"

Well at SAFF I had 2 dozen "santa " faces ornaments. they were gone within an hour of opening the booth. so that night I made 4 in the hotel that lasted 4 minutes at SAFF on Saturday... so I made 3 more sat night that were gone immediatly in the morning on Sunday, since my return home I have had every one I have made, gone before I can catch my breath... in groups!! like ppl do not just buy one.. they are buying like 4 and 6 at one time ! so I recently made "frosty" faces, complete with corn cob pipes, black top hats and I really like them... the first 4 ever out in public will hit lindas shop on Tuesday night. she does sell thru the internet, yes even the santas and frostys..
they are 10$ each not including tax and S&H, but they are not heavy.
here is the link to her page
http://www.tail-spinner.com/
my puppets can be found there as well. plus if you plan to come to the coast, I do give classes at her shop.
I will try to get some pictures of the santas and frostys ...
but while setting everything up this evening to do just that, my camera lets me know in no uncertian terms that I need new batteries to feed to it. oh also please do feel free to pass around this blog spot to anyone who may be at all interested in my sculptures, I just want to get them seen and lil ole NC town is not a big metropolis :) melissa

Sunday, November 12, 2006

three postings??

I apologise for the 3 repeat SAFF posts below. if you read the first , then you read the 2 below them as well.. I have tried to edit this and remove it but am so new to blogging in general that this just is not going well at this time . thank you though for your patience I am sure I will get it all worked out soon ! M

SAFF

I attended SAFF 06 and had a wonderful time ! here is the link to the SAFF site for those who may not have seen it before http://www.saffsite.org/page.php?page=home.htm
I will be an instructor for fine detail needlefelting next year, and will be holding an 8 hour class .. crazy right? possibly ! I was a little overwhelmed by the huge amount of ppl at SAFF, but the puppet I made after my angora doe Luci won the needlefelting competetion so that made me very happy. I bought some fleeces from Dan-Vir sheep, they have georgus covered cormos and colored corriedales that are "to die for " and I always try to buy a fleece from them. My friend Laurie Andreacci from Lauries lambs also needs to put a fleece or 3 on the SAFF show table for me to show off for her, her shetland fiber is beautiful , and sooo soft. maybe I can coax her into it for next year... hoping I will be able to get a good photo of the things Im creating with my needlefelting and put it up soon. Elizabeth Ashford put my Giraffe in the newest edition of "the wheel " magazine and WOW was I thrilled! anyway SAFF was a huge success and the puppets recieved a wonderful reception for their big debut!
thanks to any and all who attended ! Melissa

SAFF

I attended SAFF 06 and had a wonderful time ! here is the link to the SAFF site for those who may not have seen it before http://www.saffsite.org/page.php?page=home.htm
I will be an instructor for fine detail needlefelting next year, and will be holding an 8 hour class .. crazy right? possibly ! I was a little overwhelmed by the huge amount of ppl at SAFF, but the puppet I made after my angora doe Luci won the needlefelting competetion so that made me very happy. I bought some fleeces from Dan-Vir sheep, they have georgus covered cormos and colored corriedales that are "to die for " and I always try to buy a fleece from them. My friend Laurie Andreacci from Lauries lambs also needs to put a fleece or 3 on the SAFF show table for me to show off for her, her shetland fiber is beautiful , and sooo soft. maybe I can coax her into it for next year... hoping I will be able to get a good photo of the things Im creating with my needlefelting and put it up soon. Elizabeth Ashford put my Giraffe in the newest edition of "the wheel " magazine and WOW was I thrilled! anyway SAFF was a huge success and the puppets recieved a wonderful reception for their big debut!
thanks to any and all who attended ! Melissa

SAFF

I attended SAFF 06 and had a wonderful time ! here is the link to the SAFF site for those who may not have seen it before http://www.saffsite.org/page.php?page=home.htm
I will be an instructor for fine detail needlefelting next year, and will be holding an 8 hour class .. crazy right? possibly ! I was a little overwhelmed by the huge amount of ppl at SAFF, but the puppet I made after my angora doe Luci won the needlefelting competetion so that made me very happy. I bought some fleeces from Dan-Vir sheep, they have georgus covered cormos and colored corriedales that are "to die for " and I always try to buy a fleece from them. My friend Laurie Andreacci from Lauries lambs also needs to put a fleece or 3 on the SAFF show table for me to show off for her, her shetland fiber is beautiful , and sooo soft. maybe I can coax her into it for next year... hoping I will be able to get a good photo of the things Im creating with my needlefelting and put it up soon. Elizabeth Ashford put my Giraffe in the newest edition of "the wheel " magazine and WOW was I thrilled! anyway SAFF was a huge success and the puppets recieved a wonderful reception for their big debut!
thanks to any and all who attended ! Melissa