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Needle felted buckskin horse, side view.
By Shoshannah84
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Needle felted over a wire skeleton, silk fibres for the mane and tail and Fimo clay for the hooves. First try at felting over a wire skeleton and I,m very happy with the result. The legs and especially the hooves were the trickiest and I hope they're not too wobbly for those experts out there!
IMAGE DETAILS
Image size
2592x1944px 1.91 MB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-T30
Shutter Speed
10/2500 second
Aperture
F/6.3
Focal Length
11 mm
ISO Speed
125
Date Taken
Feb 3, 2012, 2:00:02 PM
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© 2012 - 2021 Shoshannah84
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A really beautiful and well proportioned horse. It's quite difficult to felt such thin legs over a wire armature, I can't believe you didn't break any needles. 
The mane and tail look very realistic, what sort of fibers did you use? On my horse I've used normal (mulberry) silk fibers and it looks completely different.

The mane and tail look very realistic, what sort of fibers did you use? On my horse I've used normal (mulberry) silk fibers and it looks completely different.

Thank you, I did have to cut a hole in the under layer of felting to shorten the neck as it looked like a llama! It was my first wire framed sculpture so I went very carefully, broke 2 needles on the bird I did next! I used silk fibres for the mane and tail bit nervous as to how well they'd stay in place but once felted seemed really solid. Making a dragon now so we'll see how that turns out, keep in touch! :}
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