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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 8, 2016 20:12:43 GMT
He is ADORABLE Jane, and he doesn't even have a face yet, I wonder if that where his "attitude" will lie?
The images on your Flickr pages are amazing too, my other half is a Kiwi and we talk about retiring there but looking at the images from the Southern Feltmakers Retreat makes me want to up-sticks now!
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 8, 2016 23:31:00 GMT
Lovely puppet Jane! I agree no need to stuff. I can't wait to see it finished.
Jill, had you considered making a resist of a flattened octopus like a splat? Then work from an opening in the bottom o perhaps a silly octopus with a mouth, to work from the inside? Just a thought.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 9, 2016 0:57:27 GMT
Jill it looks cool so far. Looking forward to seeing more progress
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Post by janekiwi on Jan 9, 2016 1:27:24 GMT
Thank you all :-) I just stuffed him to hold his shape while he was drying, and he is all dry now (still awaiting his eyes) He works really well with fingers in, you can make his nose twitch so I am glad I took the time to add the extra resist that helped shape his nose. I love using puppets for story telling with children.
Terri, where is your Kiwi other half from? Have you been for a visit?
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Post by jwugg on Jan 9, 2016 6:55:16 GMT
Good idea, Marilyn, or I have realised that I could have made an octopus with no resist then shaped it, & it would have a chance of being more realistic! However, the shape was really an excuse to try something new & challenging for me - a multiple part resist is what I wanted, to make a sculptural, odd form; the octopus idea came 2nd. so he's not supposed to be realistic (just as well. as he won't be!)
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 9, 2016 9:15:37 GMT
Jane, he's from Upper Hut area, just north of Wellington, we try to go back every couple of years to see the rellies, we would go more often but it is such a long way. I'm so tempted to try to coincide our next visit with one of the felting convergences but that would be a bit rude, go all that way and then refuse to visit anyone because I'm too busy having fun!
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 9, 2016 9:23:16 GMT
I think he's coming along well Jill, his legs (arms?) look like they will be thin enough to twist and curl into lovely shapes too. While I agree with what Maralyn suggests, I confess I would have picked a "book" style resist for your project too. When working with book resists, I find I do very little rolling and need to spend a lot more time rubbing the surface with a piece of plastic bag and lots of soap ( this also means I can pay lots of attention to the edges to stop ridges of felt forming too).
Looking forward to seeing him take shape!
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 9, 2016 16:47:09 GMT
Teri, what is a book style resist? I'm not familiar with that term.
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 9, 2016 16:53:36 GMT
They are where you stack 2 or more thin resists together (they can be different shapes but are often a mirror image down the centre line) then stitch them together down the centre so the layers of resist become like a book. The same arrangement probably goes by different names but I like the book analogy as that is what they look like to me.
Not sure how well I am describing this, I'd be happy to write a short tutorial for the blog if you like?
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 9, 2016 17:00:28 GMT
Not very exciting, but here are a couple of photos of my "turd hat" as it is becoming known....
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 9, 2016 17:10:47 GMT
Teri, it would be great if you wrote a tutorial about the book resist. Just send it to me and I will post it. Perfect follow up for the challenge.
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 9, 2016 18:05:43 GMT
Will do Ruth, although it will probably be next weekend before I can take some photos for it, is that alright?
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 9, 2016 20:36:07 GMT
That's fine - just let me know what works for you.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 9, 2016 20:48:24 GMT
Teri, good explanation. I've seen them, but didn't know what they were called. The book analogy was good. Thanks.
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 9, 2016 22:19:35 GMT
They are where you stack 2 or more thin resists together (they can be different shapes but are often a mirror image down the centre line) then stitch them together down the centre so the layers of resist become like a book. The same arrangement probably goes by different names but I like the book analogy as that is what they look like to me. Not sure how well I am describing this, I'd be happy to write a short tutorial for the blog if you like? I think that's what Frances did, at least that's what I pictured in my head. Teri- it must have been a man that called it a turd! At least, I've never seen a circle-shaped poo. I think it looks like a yummy chocolate donut with sprinkles! Now I'm hungry
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