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Showing posts with label Needle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Needle. Show all posts

Monday, 4 May 2015

Summer project idea + artist influence

I don't know if it has changed but I was told the summer project would be on collections, one of my collections is ball jointed dolls today I had an idea about trying to make my own in a way I have never seen done before. The idea is I would "sculpt" the doll by needle felting and I was thinking of a type of character that would fit the needled felted look and I was reminded of the idea of anthro characters.

An artist who does great monster/antro characters is slugbox most of his work isn't suitable. But I really admire how he does chunky characters and I think that Kind of form would be really interesting to experment with when needle felting.

I particularly like his Pokemon anthro's because of how much Pokemon has inspired my work over the years.

If you are brave enough to see more of slugbox's work (I would recommend making sure the mature content filter is on) you can find his work on deviantart.com.

I recently found an artist on Instagram going by the name of  Zoe Williams @x03
She makes needle felted sculptures, they are very minimalist and she makes such amazing eyes for them.
She make's taxidermy style busts they range from the more conventional to the more mutated like this rabbit with many eyes.

I would really like to explore this idea if the project permits it.





Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Inspirations, Artwork and AVDWT Progress 30th of July

Party Baby - The Story of Kumamiki's Kawaii Harajuku Fashion Brand




Kawaii & Colorful Japanese Hair Styling at Viva Cute Candy Salon in Tokyo


Hanamizz Popup Shop & Shibuya Fashion Festival - Elleanor's Tokyo

My Resin Piece Collection



Character designer by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa

"Celestine" By My Pet Skeleton


2011 Mixed media resin sculpture by Nick Gentry Art

'Plateau' by Leslie Ann O'Dell

"Contamination" by VixSky

Do-Kae-Bi(2013) / The Dream(2009) 
(I think this may have been done by Minjae Lee)

"Onsemiro" By Soey Milk



My work

Needle felted rings £4.50 and Hand sculpted rings £8.50

This work was inspired by


Easy Needle Felted Rilakkuma & Pikachu Ring Tutorial


AVDWT Progress

Concept art of Frank from "The Wasp Factory" 



Friday, 20 June 2014

Prep for the Headlander Festival

RaelDanger will be attending the Headlander Festival

on the 21/06/2014 from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location:
Stockport Rugby Club
Headlands Road
Bramhall
Stockport
SK7 3AN

Here is some of the products I will have for sale.

Poison Status Effect Needle Felted Earrings £4 

Customized Ring Binder £5
Ruled Notebooks 
A4 £4
A5 £3.50
A6 £3
A7 £2.50
Mini canvases and Small canvases
Mini £3.50
Small £5
 Small Drawstring Bags 
perfect for gifts or cosmetics 
£2.50 each
Tote bags £7.50
Needle Felted Kokeshi Doll £8
Alice Bands £2


If you are interested in any of these items please contact me on my facebook page. I also do custom orders check out my price list or drop me a message for more info.

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Needle felted Kokeshi doll

Today I decided to make a needle felted Kokeshi doll.

Kokeshi, are Japanese dolls, originally from northern Japan. They are handmade and tend to be made from wood.

Several things inspired me to make my Kokeshi doll.


I was on YouTube and I saw this video pop up in my recommendations, I found out the YouTuber Maqaroon/Joanna Zhou actually designed some of the Momiji figures/dolls I own.



The three at the back are three out of five dolls I own which has been designed by Joanna Zhou. Under her YouTube/Brand Name Maqaroon she makes craft tutorials my favorites being needle felting video's. 

 

In my mind I must have put two and two together and thought hey maybe I should try and needle felt a Kokeshi doll. I didn't use any tutorials to aid in the creation of my Kokeshi doll.




I used this picture as reference for the size, shape, hair and details of my doll. I didn't want to use Momiji dolls as a reference because they are a pre-established brand.

This was the end result 







Idea's for next time 
  • Animal style
  • Lighter colour Kimono or Yukata
  • Less traditional 
  • More detail (on the Kimono/Yukata)
  • More hair accessories
  • Unfelted elements could be added such as beads, buttons and ribbons
  • Photograph outside for nicer background and lighting
These are now available to custom order from me for £12 each, pre-made ones will be sold for £8 each contact me on my facebook page if you are interested Raelxarts.

Other Kokeshi images that inspire me