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I recently updated my website and for the first time (ever) catalogued all my designs by year and month. Nine years of almost non-stop needle felting. It took many days of hunting on various camera cards and through this blog and Flickr, but eventually I got there.
Looking through it was a bit of a wake up call and I was able to look at my work and realise not only that I've done a phenomenal amount of work, but also that I've not really moved on, stylistically. Although, to be fair, the last few years haven't exactly been the time for creative navel gazing.
I think it has a lot to do with the last few years of creating commercial patterns, which have to be easy to make, and doing so many workshops, ditto. So I've not really stretched myself.
I think making myriad cute toys has almost run it's course for me, after all, I've been doing them for nine years. So I've been finishing off several bits and pieces, including this set of tiny animals and bird dolls, which despite being small, take around six hours plus to make
I started a new and very 'grown up' line of work this summer, but it is under wraps until I have several pieces. Suffice to say, I am stretching myself at last.
While I'm cheerfully shoving things for sale under your noses, I may as well add that I've got some fabulous new workshops in the UK, for later in the year. I have two winter workshops in Hampstead, London at the Village Haberdashery- my first time in London! It's going to be the red eye train at crack of dawn for those two.
I am also going to be in Witney, Oxfordshire at the Witney Sewing and Knitting Centre. And in Birmingham, at the lovely shop of Lauren Guthrie, who was a British Sewing Been finalist in 2013, at Guthrie and Ghani.
All of these courses, with links to the relevant booking pages, can be found on my website, on the Needle felt workshops page.
In other news, I've finally started painting properly again. But I'll spare you that for the time being.
0 Comments on Needle felt tinies and new workshops as of 6/27/2016 8:09:00 AM
Back to some kind of normality at last and a final deadline to clear; this year's order for Teddy Bears of Witney. Sadly, due to the silly amount of work I had on, I was unable to do as many editions as I did last year and only just managed to get these two sets ready in time for the 2011 catalogue. Rather stupidly I didn't order in a large batch of pink wool when I made the first Camellia and when I re-ordered from the same stockist the dye batch had changed. Only slightly, but enough to make me grind my perfectionist teeth with frustration. See how the righthand merino is slightly bluer than the lefthand one? Thankfully I spotted what looked to be a better match on the Tigerlily Makes blog and after a few emails, a sample was winging it's way to me in the post. It was, happily, almost identical to the original pink and I was able to order enough to finish the two remaining models - thank you Lisa for such super service and good luck with your new online felt making boutique.
28 Comments on Violets and Camellias, last added: 9/30/2010
Congratulations. Your Violet and Camelia are delightful. I don't know how you manage to make more than two the same, let alone reproduce several identical versions.
Well done on being guilded! I had the pleasure of meetin this two adorable creatures in real life and could see at fiorst hand the skill and time involved in making them. I'm sure they'll be sold out in minutes! What's next? I'm excited to see
Oh how delicious! the thing I like is that a bit like Alan's things they are actually, if only ever so minutely a weeeee bit individual as if to say " actually I'm not identical to her you know!"
Congratulations! You've come so far in such a relatively short time, this is wonderful. Thanks for the advice on long needles - I am now fully equipped and my toys need no longer be stationary...
Congratulations on the acceptance. I can't imagine they would have said no with the fabulous products you produce. I'm biding my time until one of them flies to Kansas. Some day I will find the right one and it will come see the prairie.
PG, your Violets and Camellias have got such gently beautiful grace and personalities. I think that they will very soon all be getting lots of affection in very good homes.
Now, let me tell you how droll I think you are about your "acceptance" by that guild. Of course they welcome you ... you really set a very high mark for any other toymakers to reach. Your creations are both appealing as very loveable toys, and also wonderful expressions of a sophisticated sculptor.
Hoping that the coming weeks will grant you some free time to enjoy autumn in your landscape, and that you take those pastel crayons along with you. And your camera, too. (Yes, I know I am greedy and a bit demanding.)
Dear Gretel, congratulations on becoming a member of the British Toymakers Guild - it's a recognotion that you deserve! I like your new dogs and geese, as well as their names and I'm sure they'll leave very soon the shop and take the way to their new homes! Needle felting seems quite intriguing, but there's no such practice in Bulgaria, at least I haven't heard of! It's so nice to be busy with things that bring you delight!! Have a wonderful Autumn!
What beautiful little creatures,both so appealing. Camilla wears that dear little hat with such aplomb and Sweet Violet has such grace and balance. Congratulations on being officially recognised.
Oh Gretel...I'm in love with the two new members of the RFE family. Congratulations also on your BTG membership...you deserve it! Your artistry amazes me.
Gretel, your work is superb, congrats it's nice to be recognised for your talents. Love Violet and Camellia, great names, cute little hat and that pink wool, mmm....... delicious, reminds me of fairy floss. Hope you can put your feet up for a little bit and relax now.
It is entirely because of you that I have added needlefelting to my hobbies. I cannot believe how you get such a perfect finish and are able to reproduce them. Congratulations on joining the guild.
I just found your blog tonight through Jackie's and it is ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL!! You are amazingly talented, and I was so happy to hear that your guy bought you a lovely NEW bike!! You must have an excellent relationship!! Hugs---
Seems to be one of those times of year when things are tidied up, finished off and others started. The cottage has been autumn cleaned and yet more space cleared. I am anxiously waiting for news of a job that has been in the pipeline for months, and have begun work on a design brief. Today I popped to town to deliver the rest of my toys to Teddy Bears of Witney. I don't know why it is that every time I visit these lovely people I am in some state of scatterbrained-ness or (as with this morning) completely exhausted. I was actually babbling when I was ushered to a chair. Lovely coffee in a little mug and a buttery teddy bear biscuit were brought to me, which helped.
What I hadn't realised was that I was to be given the honour of drawing the names out of the hat, to decide who would get my creations; some of them had multiple applications, and there are only three of each design, so they like to keep things fair by holding a ballot. In a top hat. They know how to do things properly here.
My name announcements were accompanied by delighted gasps, as the staff know so many of their customers and were happy that they had got what they wanted. Afterwards I happily pottered about looking at new displays and taking snas. I love these skinny bears, 'Lucy Havahart' and 'Duke Havahart', created by Deb Beardsley, a Wisconsin bear maker.
I saw this chap and dropped to my knees to admire him; I adore spotty old horses on wheels. It's the kind of shop where they totally understand if you start crawling about the props. Or maybe they are just extra indulgent with me.
Bears, bears everywhere.
Although there are many many unique artist bears, they are also a major supplier of Steiffcollectibles.
Oh look - down there on the bottom shelf; it's one of my favourite new models - Dulcie. She has been specially commisioned as a reproduction from an original old bear owned by one of the staff. And round a corner, in a big, mirrored display cabinet, are some familiar faces. Not teddy bears at all, but looking quite at ease with their furry brothers and sisters.
Soon they will be on their journeys to the corners of the world, to start their new jobs. And I am going to take a day off to rest and try to get myself back together, starting with a long, hot bath.
24 Comments on Another trip to the bear shop, last added: 10/23/2009
Your toys look completely at home in such fine company. I'm so pleased you got this commision and I hope you have many many more. It must be wonderful to work with people who really appreciate you and what you do.
what a wonderful shoppe it must be......I'm sure they do understand fully if you fall to your knees exclaiming over some new found marvel. Bear people are like that....
your little characters do look right at home and I'm happy to see them with some miniature bears for company.... how I'd love to spend time poking about in there. Well, a person might have to spend a few hours actually...... I like that funny little bunny on the left in the big chair...
What a fabulous shop! You must have been in seventh heaven in there - I spot some little characters that could have stepped right out of one of your paintings! Your creatures look right at home there - not that they will hang around for long I am sure!
That's quite a fierce competition of 'Cuteness' all piled up in one place... but I'd say your creations look right at home there. Actually I think they stand out, since they're quite unique...
What a dangerous-looking shop. I must never go near it.....
....maybe I could manage if I just pressed my nose up against the windows? From outside, of course, with a sturdy friend hanging onto my arm, restraining me from drifting inside?
Your beautiful creations look just right in amongst the bears.
Oooooo - you just sooo belong in that shop, and your creations of course. It was lovely, a real treat to have a look round it, so a big thank you for that post, and I'm really very pleased for you that things have turned corners so to speak...
Well done Gretel! They do pay attention to detail in the shop don't they? - teddy bear biscuits!! Looking at one of those photos, I spy a bear exactly like my own very old bear (handed down from an auntie many years ago!)xx
Well I love all the teddy bears for sure but I have to say those little characters in the mirrored case have personality plus. How can you not fall in love with each and every one. I just had my Sherbetta out and loving her so much. Hope all those in the shop go to a good home.
Oh, that topper! *Sooz temporarily goes spare squeeing over hats*
It is interesting that, despite your creations having a very distinct look of their own, how comfortable they seem among the myriad fuzzies. (Hope they don't get too comfortable, though, and that they're soon on their way to homes where they will be well loved.)
It's sooo nice to see your creatures in that "entourage". And how exciting that so many people want to have them. As for your reaction when you visit that shop is absolutely understandable! It's that kind of places where you have to overcome your timidity ;0) !
Oh, but the display of your creations looks amazing. I think the shop is magical- a place I would love to visit! Congradulations keep up the excellent work!
This looks like a place I'd like to crawl around in! Congratulations on getting your creations into this shop--looks like they'll be in fine company there.
I have the same problem as you--I sell my books at a local Art Gallery, and it seems like every time I go in to take them some books, I'm in some sort of wind-blown, half-demented state. Glad to hear I'm not the only one. :)
What a perfect place for your lovely felted creations (where else would you find a top hat on the counter ?) I have a particular fondness for your long-necked geese.
Any word on the next project? Fingers crossed, Frances
Do I still needle felt? Of course I do. It's my job; without it I have no money. I have tried a little experiment of making several things over a month and re-stocking my shop all at once. But I think I'll be going back to just popping things up for sale as I do them: I really missed what we used to call the 'retail buzz' when I worked in a Real Life shop. And my blog starts reading like a domestic bliss magazine.
I didn't get as much made as I hoped, it's taken me a while to get back in the swing of things after my mammoth trade order but I'm back in the zone at last and even started making inroads into my commission list. The shop which I am supplying wants more one-offs; they anticipate selling out of the ones they have as soon as their catalogue is published (which is flattering). So I need to clear my commitments.
SOLD
I've started making everyday little clips and ornaments which 'only' take a day or so to make and that I can price affordably; I had to raise my prices on my larger animals, just so that I wasn't working for myself for sweatshop rates.
SOLD
My geese take at least 3-4 days to make. It's hard to explain why unless you know how needle felting works. There is a lot of putting on and taking away. The final smoothness that I like takes hours of minuscule poking and trimming. I am often asked *how* I get the finish that I do (merino wool is very hairy and fly-away). There is no magic answer; just patience. It is, after all, a craft; I think sometimes the word has lost a little of its meaning nowadays.
SOLD
I've also been using my new-ish (Christmas present) wire twisters; oh how I love them! They came without instructions, so I had to trial and error, until I found a You Tube video demo. But the possibilities are endless, and they are so very pleasing to use.
RESERVED
Thankfully, things are shifting steadily. My dwindling store cupboard breathes a sigh of relief; I can go shopping again.
You are so right - yours is truly a craft and your little clips are gorgeous - as are all your animals. We have had lots of fun "dabbling" and your blog has inspired us. Thanks.
I love these sweet little quirky beasts. It looks like you are having fun. It is so hard to find the balance of wanting to make one's work affordable and yet not be a self-inflicted sweatshop.
Ah me, I could have told you how to twist wire without a special tool..but I'm happy you've worked it out. Am I on that list? You know I neeeeed a ginger kitteh. (())
Really lovely work Gretel, as always :) I like the twisted wire incorporated into the creatures, and the little clips are a fab idea. I do hope you are charging alot more for the one-offs and making a decent profit for yourself! Penny.
I love your needle felting, you mentioned a video on youtube about wire twisters can you please send me the link I cant seen to find it. my email is [email protected] Thanks
Gretel...your needle felting is the finest I have seen anywhere.....your super clean and smooth finish is amazing! Only those that have tried to NF know what patience and artistry it takes to achieve your results. You could double your prices and in my mind it would still be worth it to own a creation of yours...simply stunning! Someday in a perfect world I will achieve that elusive Parker finish!.......Yeah right!
Gretel, have you ever considered doing day-workshops - introduction to needlefelting? I'm sure you'd be overwhelmed with eager applicants. Including me!
How are your fingers? I hope you do some stretching before for your wrist too ;0)!! You're so right, needlefelting is not a joke. It's magic when you see the result, but as you said, it's also a question of patience, a lot of patience, and a lot of pricks too. As for your blog, I disagree with you, it's a pleasure to read your everyday life as much as look at your beatiful creatures. Muchos ánimos! (It's just the way to cheer you up in spanish)
Wonderful work as always - they are indeed the best finished NF animals I've seen. It annoys me so much when you have to explain to people why you have priced an item as more expensive than some Chinese knock-off - I always feel like adding a sticker to my little animals saying 'this took me 15 hours to make'. As it is, minimum wage is a far distant dot on the horizon....
I know how long it takes and your "finish" is superb, lovely stuff G, keep the faith and heres to the resurgange of real crafters/artists/illustrators (I think your work combines all three titles very beautifully!
You are so productive! It amazes me that you produce as much as you do whilst keeping everything so original. I think you have taken needle felting to a whole new level.
You've definitely got those wires bending to your commands! These new felted creations are so splendid and full of personality.
Think that the one-off is a good direction to go. One one-off might suggest a close cousin, and that cousin could lead to another branch of the family. Percolating!
having poked a few little critters myself, I know exactly what you mean about there being no magic... I don't even call it patience in my own case... more like perseverance .. and, then, sometimes I even go the other way and purposely add extra bits of fluff plucked from mohair... I do like a fluffy look on some things...
love the little regal pink swan.... your have such great original ideas.....
Well, I am in awe of your many talents. Taking these critters that you've either painted or straight from your head and making them three dimensional is truly amazing. And now you have made the perfect gingerbread!!! What can't you do lady?? : )
p.s. have been really enjoying The Hermitage site (bookmarked). Thanks for that.
I agree with Sue, that terrier just grabs your heart and begs for loves! My son would be in love in a heartbeat. Especially if they're as soft and cuddle-able as it sounds like you make them.
I have a quiet passion for anything circus. I've never been to one, and I'm not sure if I'd like the real thing, especially not performing animals. Of course, to see Cirque du Soleil would be marvellous, but we'd have to take out a small loan or sell our body parts to afford the tickets. So I content myself with browsing my collection of what I might grandly call, my resource material. Look...
One of my best 10p finds, from a village fete bookstall. A moment when your heart beats a little faster and you look round quickly to see if anyone else has spotted your treasure.
Battered, torn and broken in places, yet Humberto's little circus is beautiful to me.
Not so fragile - my Christmas present from Andy (very *subtly* suggested by me). It weighs as much as a baby elephant itself, and is a whopping 45cm tall (17 & 3/4") 29cm wide (11") and nearly 8cm thick (3").
It is stuffed with a smorgasbord of everything circus, hundreds of pages of pictorial gorgeousness. I could happily drown in it and frequently do.
On a (much) smaller scale, this sweetie, an open the flap booklet. Front -
Inside...
Turn the flap...
Turn the flap...
Turn the flap...
Back cover.
Not everything is on my bookshelf though. The other day I came across this, via Fern Animals and almost cried with sheer delight.
Tomorrow I take the first batch of this menagerie to the shop, which in itself is worthy of a little Grand Parade. It's been a long old seven weeks.
A BIG PS - I do not like performing animals either, unless they are firmly between the pages of books!
28 Comments on Hurrah for the Circus!, last added: 6/4/2009
Didn't realise you were into circuses in such a big way Gretel. A fascinating blog entry - loved the books and the great film clip. Wonderful parade of felted folk at the end.
I used to have something similar to your pop up book as a child... what wonderful memories of those magical times of seemingly endless hours spent looking and looking and looking, spellbound, far beyond the page and way off into the imagination... I wish I could conjure up that innocence again :-)
hello my lovely, I was having a very grey day and boring lunch hour so I thought I'd stop in and found (for the first time, don't worry its just me) your studio cam. And there you were working away, how lovely I thought and it cheered me right up.
I LOVE the pop up book!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the other and your creatures and the movie! what a delightul post! Thank you for sharing! You also welcome to visit my new blog! Thank you! Ayelet
I cannot believe you found such a treasure!! What delightful luck.
Personally speaking, I rather deplore the performing animal part of a circus, which usually keeps me away from them...I'd much rather enjoy your felted parade! They are simply adorable.
Since you are a circus fan...have you read the book, Like Water for Elephants?
You've a delight of a menagerie there, PG. Wonderful to think of those creations of yours being adopted by folks who will truly appreciate them.
Circus memory.
Long ago I lived in a small Southern U.S town, and when the circus came to town, there was an actual circus parade, with horse drawn carriage, and horse drawn cages with lions and tigers inside. This parade passed right by my elementary school and we six-year olds were allowed to line up along the sidewalk to see the parade pass by.
Even better, my dad and my grandmother took me to the circus, which was held in a big tent. One ring, with ringmaster. I remember sitting on a bleacher seat and just marveling at the spectacle.
Decades later, I did once attend Ringling Brothers Circus here in New York City at Madison Square Garden. It was by no means as thrilling as seeing that tent-housed circus as a six-year old.
I was fortunate to have a mom that loved to take us to the circus when I was a child. The best one was a traveling circus that came to town when I was 12. We sat in the tent with the smell of the dusty dirt floor while we watched the performances. I even got a red, white, and blue drum majorette baton with a glitter encrusted top. I think that's the last circus I attended and it's the best memory. Thank you for bringing that all back with this post!
I attended a three-ring circus in NYC when I was in grade school. I have almost no memories of the circus itself, but more of the subway, the venue, the popcorn and the large, glossy program that I got to bring home.
And for years, we played with a nearly antique, wooden, Fisher-Price circus set. I imagined myself teeny-tiny and participating in the trapeeze adventures that I set up. :-)
I like the idea of the circus but really don't like the real thing - clowns creep me out and I hate seeing majestic animals reduced to performing tricks (what a killjoy - sorry!) However, that cutout circus is fantastic, as is that amazing book. And those little wire mechanical toys are incredible, I just love things like that!
Hello my friend, I have been away far too long. Hope you are doing well. Your animals are so sweet looking. I can just imagine that they come to life at night and dance around the room. Love your circus collection. Such vivid colors...Very cheery for sure. Take good care. Sending you hugs,
The thing I loved most about the Circus was the glittering, twirling ladies, and of course the horses. Many horses enjoy their work (I know I'm generalising, but Merlin would be great in a circus!)and so that's ok with me. You can keep the clowns though!!!
I love your little parade, and it's great to see them finally finished. Can you take a breather now?
Your felted animals are so impressive with their charm and perfect shapes.A job well done, how is your wrist? My rabbits agree with you that performing animals should be in books only, but then I think they think this means behaving animals as well.
I love your circus, and am a little envious .I have been coverting the Tachen circus book myself.But funds will not allow. I feel very luck to have worked in a circus myself, as a wardrobe mistress on tour in Taiwan (and no I did not agree with the animal side)and I must say it does hold very special memories for me.
I love your animals, they have such wonderful expressions.
When I was a kid the circus came to stay for a month in the field behind my house. They arrived at night lorry after lorry hauling mysterious and sometimes noisy loads, and I knelt on the ottoman and gazed out of my mum and dad's bedroom window as they slowly filled the field. The next day I wandered among the lorries and cages and as they began to set up. Watching them raise the big top was amazing. By the end of the month I understood why people ran away with the circus. I longed to join them myself (fire-eater was my first choice, but I would have been equally happy had they offered my the lion-tamer's post). A perfectly wonderful month.
Oh my goodness! Yes! Yes! I love the cardboard circus! And the books! And the video! The music is perfect for it too isn't it? You lucky thing finding such wonderful treasures!x
I didn't realize that H.A. Rey wrote this book about the circus. He also wrote the "Curious George" books which were my brother's favorites when we were children. (Do you know these books?)
Water for Elephants, which someone else mentioned, might well intrigue you. I have it somewhere; would be happy to mail it to you if you like.
Congratulations.
Your Violet and Camelia are delightful. I don't know how you manage to make more than two the same, let alone reproduce several identical versions.
Well done on being guilded!
I had the pleasure of meetin this two adorable creatures in real life and could see at fiorst hand the skill and time involved in making them.
I'm sure they'll be sold out in minutes!
What's next? I'm excited to see
These are so beautiful! I second what Jackie said!
Beautiful work Gretel and big congrats on being accepted into the toy makers guild.
Oh how delicious! the thing I like is that a bit like Alan's things they are actually, if only ever so minutely a weeeee bit individual as if to say " actually I'm not identical to her you know!"
Of course you were accepted! No one makes toys like you! Congratulations, and the new ones are wonderful!
Oh - thye are just so gorgeous!! Many congrats on being accepted in to guild - well deserved!!
Congratulations on being accepted into the British Toymakers Guild. Can't say I'm surprised, your work is superb - I especially love Camellia.
Congratulations!
Sweet Violet and Camellia are so gorgeous! It's lovely to see the pictures of multiples all the same, it must be very satisfying to finish them!
Congratulations! You've come so far in such a relatively short time, this is wonderful.
Thanks for the advice on long needles - I am now fully equipped and my toys need no longer be stationary...
Congratulations on the acceptance. I can't imagine they would have said no with the fabulous products you produce. I'm biding my time until one of them flies to Kansas. Some day I will find the right one and it will come see the prairie.
Congratulations!
Your work is so lovely, they are going to fly off the shelves x
PG, your Violets and Camellias have got such gently beautiful grace and personalities. I think that they will very soon all be getting lots of affection in very good homes.
Now, let me tell you how droll I think you are about your "acceptance" by that guild. Of course they welcome you ... you really set a very high mark for any other toymakers to reach. Your creations are both appealing as very loveable toys, and also wonderful expressions of a sophisticated sculptor.
Hoping that the coming weeks will grant you some free time to enjoy autumn in your landscape, and that you take those pastel crayons along with you. And your camera, too. (Yes, I know I am greedy and a bit demanding.)
xo
The guild should be pleased to have you! :)
What lovely new creatures, I'm sure they'll be a hit.
And my congratulations as well on being accepted to the guild
My thoughts echo Jackie's....... I love the toys for their visual simplicity... especially Camellia! Well done on making your deadline.
Dear Gretel, congratulations on becoming a member of the British Toymakers Guild - it's a recognotion that you deserve! I like your new dogs and geese, as well as their names and I'm sure they'll leave very soon the shop and take the way to their new homes! Needle felting seems quite intriguing, but there's no such practice in Bulgaria, at least I haven't heard of! It's so nice to be busy with things that bring you delight!! Have a wonderful Autumn!
Congratulations, it is nice to be recognized and rightly so.
Love the little hat with the red flower.
Your new little girls are lovely. Carla
I absolutely have to reiterate what Frances said - your work is just divine, and I love your characters :)
What beautiful little creatures,both so appealing. Camilla wears that dear little hat with such aplomb and Sweet Violet
has such grace and balance.
Congratulations on being officially
recognised.
Oh Gretel...I'm in love with the two new members of the RFE family. Congratulations also on your BTG membership...you deserve it!
Your artistry amazes me.
Big hello to Andy!
Janet xox
Camelia and Sweet Violet are beautiful. I love your long-necked geese with their dainty collars and graceful S-swoop from beak to tail.
Gretel, your work is superb, congrats it's nice to be recognised for your talents.
Love Violet and Camellia, great names, cute little hat and that pink wool, mmm....... delicious, reminds me of fairy floss.
Hope you can put your feet up for a little bit and relax now.
It is entirely because of you that I have added needlefelting to my hobbies. I cannot believe how you get such a perfect finish and are able to reproduce them. Congratulations on joining the guild.
Congrats on the Toy Guild news! I love your two newest characters - what personality they have!!
I just found your blog tonight through Jackie's and it is ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL!! You are amazingly talented, and I was so happy to hear that your guy bought you a lovely NEW bike!! You must have an excellent relationship!!
Hugs---