Needle Felting Animal Creation
Tips to keep your doll in good condition and the possibilities of felt
A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) , Toy Creator
Joined October 2014
Joined October 2014
About the video: Tips to keep your doll in good condition and the possibilities of felt
Overview
“There is care that must be taken with these types of pieces, they are not washable dolls, so I will give you tips to clean them, revive the good condition of the fiber and avoid discoloration. On the other hand, I will talk to you about felt as a technique that encompasses many more possibilities, not only as a dry felt, but also as a wet one, in cloth and the infinite modeling possibilities it has. ”
In this video lesson Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) addresses the topic: Tips to keep your doll in good condition and the possibilities of felt, 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
“Tips to keep your doll in good condition and the possibilities of felt The useful life of wool dolls is very long, but we must bear in mind that certain care must be taken with the dolls, since being a fiber that is felted, that is united and not woven, it may tend to present certain damages. Environmental factors can affect our dolls, and the dust can turn in our best friend or in our worst ally. We will talk about some tips to keep your dolls in good condition. The first thing is that when you touch them a lot, the doll can start to mess up, this is easily fixed by using a needle and re-f...”
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Course summary for: Needle Felting Animal Creation
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Category
Craft -
Areas
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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