Needle Felting Animal Creation
Felt limbs
A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) , Toy Creator
Joined October 2014
About the video: Felt limbs
Overview
“After giving soul to our doll, we will start to give it life by simulating the muscles and tendons in the legs with wool from the color palette of our choice. Correctly felting the limbs is very important, taking care of the proportions of our dolls must be a priority for the quality of what we do. ”
In this video lesson Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) addresses the topic: Felt limbs, 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
“Felt limbs Since we have the soul of the doll, we will start with the limbs, we will simulate the muscles and tendons of the front and back legs. In this case, I have four divided parts of wool that will become the paws of my dog. Something that we must keep in mind is that we will work in pairs, two front legs, two back legs, two ears. It is important that the quantities of wool that we have are equal on the front and back legs. What if I start to work a leg and I forget to remove the wool for the even leg? A fat leg and a thin leg will begin to appear, And that's the last thing we want be...”
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Course summary for: Needle Felting Animal Creation
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Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Needle Felting, Textile Design, Toy Design

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