Needle Felting Animal Creation
The skin that inhabits
A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) , Toy Creator
Joined October 2014
About the video: The skin that inhabits
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn to mix colors and make layers to apply like animal skin.”
In this video lesson Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) addresses the topic: The skin that inhabits, 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
“The skin that inhabits I have finished felting my legs and molded them the way I wanted. What I finally did was finish with the hand to shape the legs so that they are as similar as I need them. Now we will start with the skin. Togo has two colors, on his chest he has a white color and on the top, on its back, it has a degraded brown color. We will start with the simplest part, which will be your chest. For this I will use the wool called batting, that will allow me to work more easily, And the only thing I will do is, by eye, we will always work by eye, I'll measure where your chest goes f...”
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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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