Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
About Me
A course by Dani Ives , Artist, Educator, and Author
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Before beginning, I’d love to share my creative journey with you. So in this lesson, I’ll talk about my background in sciences, how I discovered needle felting and eventually turned a hobby into a career. ”
In this video lesson Dani Ives addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool. Create highly detailed animal portraits that capture the story of your subject using needle felting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hey, i'm Dani. I'm a fiber artist and welcome to my course. I'm so glad you're here. My journey into fiber arts was not planned, and I never imagined I would be an artist as a professional. When I was a kid, i was really into science, but I also liked drawing too. But my plan was to work with animals. So I went to school, got a degree in biology, and worked at a zoo for my first career. As I was working at the zoo, I also felt the need to be a little more creative. So I took some classes on the side. I took a pottery class at the local art museum. I did some drawing and some sketching, but ...”
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Course summary for: Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
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Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Needle Felting, Textile Design
Dani Ives
A course by Dani Ives
Dani Ives is an American fiber artist, educator and author. The heart of her work comes from her love for animals and nature. At university, she pursued a degree in biology, which led her to become an animal and environmental conservation educator. After being introduced to needle felting by a conservation colleague in 2010, she fell in love with the craft and started sharing her artwork online. She soon grew a huge online following, with over 116K followers on Instagram, and by 2015, she dedicated herself full-time to needle felting.
In 2019, she published her first book, Painting with Wool: Sixteen Artful Projects to Needle Felt. Her artwork has been featured in exhibitions throughout the United States, and at a solo exhibition in the Historic Arkansas Museum. In addition to her online shop and commissioned work, she also teaches workshops on needle felting.
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