Needle Felting Animal Creation

Wool and techniques 2

A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) , Toy Creator

Toy Creator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined October 2014
99% positive reviews (209)
5,818 students
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About the video: Wool and techniques 2

Overview

“In this part I will concentrate on explaining the felting technique to you. I'm going to show you the difference between traditional felting and the one I do, a softer one that achieves structure but is also tender. I invite you to see it.”

In this video lesson Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) addresses the topic: Wool and techniques 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Needle Felting Animal Creation. Create unique felt figures using a wire skeleton to give them a sense of movement.

Partial transcription of the video

“Wool and techniques Techniques Now we will start to felting so you can see the differences between the two yarns and how they are. When I started working with wool, I started working with long hair yarns. I did not know the corriedale. And one day I met the corriedale and I no longer used another type of wool. Let's see why. Now once I have started to remove my strands, I'll start overlapping. And what I want to do is a cape where I can start felting. I will put a layer in one sense. In this case vertically. And now I'll put another layer horizontally practically making a cross and overlapp...”

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Course summary for: Needle Felting Animal Creation

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (209)
  • 5818 students
  • 4 units
  • 16 lessons (3h 18m)
  • 3 downloads
  • Category

    Craft
  • Areas

    Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Needle Felting, Textile Design, Toy Design

Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)

Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)
A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)

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Katerin Gómez is a craft lover and professional toy creator specialized in the needle felting technique. She graduated in drawing and illustration from La Escuela Nacional de Caricatura, the first illustration school in Colombia, where she worked for almost ten years as a designer, teacher, and events and exhibitions organizer. After returning to Bogotá, following a short but transformative experience at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lucerne, Switzerland, she switched up her career and opted for her great childhood passion: creating characters.

Now she combines her illustration training and her desire to tell stories by designing and making unique dolls in her creative toy store, Juanamatú.


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Needle Felting Animal Creation. Craft course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)

Needle Felting Animal Creation

A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)
Toy Creator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined October 2014
  • 99% positive reviews (209)
  • 5,818 students