Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Persephone, Herman and Bob- Part 1 (Herman)

Drafting a pattern on craft paper...

...and cutting a resist from foam floor underlayment.


                           Adding a lower jaw and a snout with taped-on bits of foam.



                                     Covering the resist with white merino roving...



                                       ...and using a small piece of thin plastic...

                                          ...to keep the added bits from felting in.



                                            The project is flipped to side two...

                       ...and wool from side one is wrapped up and around the resist.



                                          Additional layers of roving are added...



                                                             ...to each side...



                                               ...plus wool from colorful batts...



                                                ...and a bit of pencil roving.



                                              The project is flipped to side two...

                                      ...in preparation for additional colored wool.



                                  With my first grandchild on the way (very soon!)...


                     ...(and inspired by Yaroslava Troynich's charming creatures)...


                                 ...I decided to try my hand (!) at puppet-making.


                                           Next time: Herman begins to take shape.

4 comments:

Kim van Waardenburg said...

Looks good already :)

Rachel said...

Hoping we can soon offer a welcome to the grandchild... Although maybe not until Herman is finished!!

FeltersJourney said...

Oh wonderful! Can't wait to see how he turns out :)
You could make a duck billed platypus with that resist! Dxxx

Heather Woollove said...

Thanks, Kim!
Rachel--What a lovely thought. My daughter is being induced on April 19th...so unless he gets frisky and wants to come sooner, look for him on or about the 20th! :)
Deborah--He is definitely a little bit of one animal and a little bit of another. I wasn't really going for 'verisimilitude' with these creatures, just for FUN! ')