Stop Motion Animation with Needle Felting
Needle Felting Basics
A course by Andrea Love , Fiber Artist & Animator
About the video: Needle Felting Basics
Overview
“It’s time to start needle felting! I will demonstrate the first basic 3D object which you will then use in the course project, a ladybug. ”
In this video lesson Andrea Love addresses the topic: Needle Felting Basics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stop Motion Animation with Needle Felting. Bring felted wool items to life, manipulate them frame by frame, and make your own short films..
Partial transcription of the video
“ Needle Felting Basics In this lesson, we'll go over the basics of needle felting. We'll begin by making an adorable little ladybug. This ladybug is actually part of our final project. You'll want to start by grabbing a bit of wool batting in your ladybug red color. I'll get a little tuft. A little more. We'll make a little dome. The final ladybug will be about 1.5 inches in diameter. I've got two needles here. This is a general sculpting 38 triangle and this one is a finer gauge 42 triangle. I'll start off with the 38. You'll ball it up in a little mound and then you'll start poking. As I...”
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Course summary for: Stop Motion Animation with Needle Felting
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Category
3D & Animation, Craft -
Areas
Animation, Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Needle Felting, Photography, Stop Motion, Video
Andrea Love
A course by Andrea Love
Andrea Love is an independent, self-taught fiber artist and animator. Her unique style combines needle felting and stop-motion animation. She operates out of a small studio in her basement, where she creates art for brands and organizations —ranging from Candy Crush Saga and Disney to the United Nations to Puma. She’s also collaborated on a Christmas music video for Zooey Deschanel and Ingrid Michaelson using only wool. Her short films have been screened at prestigious film festivals across the globe, including the Tribeca Film Festival and Annecy Animation Film Festival. Andrea has amassed a highly active social media presence through her unique work, with millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok. She’s an experimenter at heart, and spent the last decade looking for all sorts of different ways to bring fiber and animation together.
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