My mission for the day? Putting a face on my avocado!
Needle felting facial features on something the size of a cherry was a HUGE challenge! I couldn’t use too little fabric or else it wouldn’t be bold enough but too much would alter the desired shapes. I had to switch between needles to blend the fabrics and eliminate the fluff since the goal is for the felt to stick together.
If I could do anything differently, then I’d probably use thread for the face instead. This isn’t my first time attempting to felt faces on something teeny tiny so I don’t know why I didn’t think of thread sooner! I just have to get a bigger needle so it doesn’t get trapped between the compacted fibers.
I spent maybe six hours total on this grumpy avocado and I didn’t feel like stopping to take progress shots. Once I get a decent desk lamp then I’ll start recording hyper lapse footage to share. While working on this I had the realty show, Skin Wars: Fresh Paint, playing in the background. RuPaul is hosting the show and it’s playing tricks on me because when I look up I’m expecting to see drag queens not artists.
Next, I’ll be sculpting a cute little strawberry but before I do that I’m going to take a break to either edit photos or sketch.