37.

Pegasus

Artist's comments: My first Pegasus and the start of a Pegasus

series! Stands a whopping 8" tall to the tip of his ears and 9-1/2"

to the highest point of his wings.  Lavish coat of white mohair

roving firmly needle felted onto a cotton fabric cloth body.

Beautifully detailed facial shading, hooves and wings sculpted

in polymer clay then black paint added to his hooves and a wee

bit of glitter for his wings.  Pegasus has no thread joints unlike

most of my creations.   

38.

Momma Bear w/ Bob
Artist's comments: Momma was inspired by all the great visuals

of mother bears in the wild.  Momma is about 5-1/2" tall sitting,

wire armatured for posing.  Both Momma and Bob are softly felted

from natural wools with special attention given to their facial

expressions, body posture and interaction.   Both have black

onyx eyes, hand applied longer topcoat, hand shaded pastel

and watercolor detailing. Cub is felted separately and permanently

attached.

39.

Bearly Spring

Colorful twosome. Nurple and Twister are just barely awake

from their long winter nap. They spent the morning eating

fresh clover and tender leaves and decided to settle in

for a quick nap.  Felted from 100% wool, they peer about

from black onyx eyes.  Both have a content grin on their

faces from full tummies.  Nurple's grin is a little lop-sided,

which adds to his charm. Twister's too pooped to lift up

his furry head but did manage a sweet grin for the camera.

40.

Kitty

Artist's comments: Kitty started life from a piece of cotton

transformed from my rough sketch of a five-piece head

pattern.  It was then cut out and stuffed very firmly.  I had

no idea of how she would look especially with a head shaped

like that! Let alone a Cat! Well, at least I hope she resembles

a cat enough to qualify as one! But, if she doesn't I'm sure

her name will help prove her place in the animal kingdom.

Kitty was needle felted in a lovely yellowish gold Corriedale

wool and highlighted with tangerine and black Corriedale.

She is fully thread jointed and stands at just over 4" tall .

41.

Old Man Willow

Artist's comments:  Old Man Willow is #4 in my new series, Fantasy

Felts, all of which are my own original designs.  Old Man Willow is 

6" tall from his roots to the top of his branches.  Needlefelted from 

organic carded wool, which was cut, cleaned, combed, and colored 

in Idaho and even purchased directly from the farmer, by me.  He

peers through imported, hand blown glass eyes.  His entire body

has been hand sculpted and shaded to add life-like character.

Sketchbook Bears
Ryan Barnett

42.

Fleur

Created from a combination of Kunin felts and completely

hand sewn, Fleur is a double blossomed rose.  Stands at

5” tall, 5-way thread jointed and each of her individual petals

are all blanket stitched along the edging.  Eyes made from 

Hemitite, body is sewn with a metallic green thread as is

her hand embroidered face.

Bramble Beary's

43.

Bess, Bull Dog Puppy

Artist's comments: I was inspired to create Bess because I think

bull dogs have a very vulnerable ugly/cute look which I hoped

to capture but it was very difficult to capture her body definition -

.all those bull dog wrinkles and rolls. Bess is 3-3/4" sitting, wire

armatured for posing.  Softly felted from variety of natural wools.

Special attention given to her body posture and facial expression.

Onyx black eyes have additional felted detail. Her body definition

(rolls) were felted separately and attached.  Lots of hand shaded

pastel and watercolor detailing.

44.

North American Grizzly

Like all of Bobbie's creations, this naturally realistic Grizzly

is very firmly needle felted to hold its shape and to bring out

the tiniest details.  So small, it is hard to imagine: 4" long x

2.5" tall, at shoulder hump, features artist's signature style,

hand crafted metal claws and composition nose, jet black

onyx eyes.

45.

Sabreena

Sits 2.75" high at the ear, firmly needle felted from Merino/Zephyr

blend roving making her soft as a kitten (surprise), then fluffed

slightly to make her a little fuzzy.  Beautiful black German glass

eyes which sit under her lovely pink polymer clay nose making

her a Japanese Anime style siamese kitten. Detailing done strictly

by needlefelting except that for hand shading on accent areas such

as eyes and nose bridge.  Jointed head can be posed however you

like! Everything else has been felted into position.  Weighted in her

tummy to make her feel like she just had a big bowl of milk and

best of all - she has no claws to use on your furniture!  Sabreena

can be a bit mischievious!

Felted Bear, The
Alecia Edwards

46.

Cassidy Giraffe

Artist's comments: Cassidy Giraffe is a bust only and she is needle

felted in a base of Navajo Churro wool.  Her spots are two colors:

the lighter ones are made of an unknown wool and the darker ones

are made from a llama friend named Strange Magic.  The dark color

on the inside of her ears, nostrils,  and tips of her horns is dark silver

Border Leicester.  The black in her needle felted eyes are Merino. 

Touch of Angelina in her eyes to bring them to life.  Cassidy is 16"

tall and 13" wide from ear tip to ear tip. 

Linda Martin

47.

Katie Koala

Artist's comments: A wonderfully exquisite wallhanging, entirely

of my own design and a new direction for me.  Katie is completely

and firmly needle felted with hand painted eyes and human hair

eyelashes. The full wall hanging is 15" tall by 12" wide and is

oval shaped.

Lin Chamberlain

48.

Mei Tu Panda & Cub
Artist's comments: Mei was inspired by the great mothers in nature:

cows, cats and even birds.  These wild, but caring and nurturing moms

are hard at work, 24/7.   Mei Tu is 5-1/2" standing, wire armatured

for gentle posing.  They're softly felted from natural wools with special

attention given to their body posture, interaction and facial expressions.

Both have black onyx eyes and individually felted and applied body

markings, footpads and claws. Hand shaded pastel and water color

detailing.  Cub is felted separately and permanently attached.

Cripple Creek Creative
Mikki Klug

49.

Boffo

3" tall, firmly needlefelted and thread-jointed.  Open mouth

design, handpainted details on face and mouth, embroidered

nose and claws.

Anita Spero

East Bench Bears

50.

Little Lord Dickens

Needle felted from hand dyed New Zealand Corriedale wool,

wool felt sewn body, filled with glass beads and polyfil.  He

is a big, happy felted smile with buck teeth, black glass eyes,

wool felt covered nose, disk jointed neck and thread jointed

limbs.  Little Lord Dickens has curly blonde hair, rosey cheeks

and wears his very own vintage look key. He measures 5" tall.