Needle Felting a Fox
– Felt a Tiny Tricksy Fox with a Swivel Head, and Expressive Clay Eyes –

Course Outline

Meet the Instructor:
Irina Egorova

Irina Egorova is a felt artist and teacher, who creates beautiful miniature animal sculptures from colored wool using the dry felting technique, and blends additional methods of art into her fantastic felt creations!

She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, with her friendly family – her husband (Technical Support), twins Katyusha and Andryushka, and twins Kitty the Cat (Advertising Director) and Juicy the Dog (Quality Content Director).

Irina is a zoologist by education, and uses her background in biology to fulfill her creativity as a full-time artist and teacher. Her favorite characters are insects, but all of her creatures have their own tales and personalities.

All of Irina’s fun felted critters all have one thing in common – irony and good humor, and this is exactly what is so in demand in today’s world and what she really enjoys expressing through her felt art.

Since becoming interested in felting in 2008, Irina has been actively involved in public creative life, taking part in exhibitions (Doll Time, Doll Art, Fashionable Lyalka, Moscow Fair, TeddyMir, Handicraft Formula), festivals (Festival of Felting Masters, Wool) , conferences (NIADA, USA), published articles in magazines (Doll Master, My Moleskine, Mom’s Dad’s Magazine) and more!

Fate gave Irina a happy opportunity to touch the world of puppetry, and she devotes herself to creativity and teaching with great pleasure. Thanks to her humble contribution, more joy and beauty are added to the world through her creatures.

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About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting a Small Animal
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Needle Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Felt a fantastic little fox with a smiling face, a fuzzy fur coat, and beautiful shading details! His head tilts from side to side, his muddy paws are posable, and his bushy tail follows him everywhere he goes!

Skills you will Learn:

• Needle felt this adorable fox sculpture that fits in the palm of your hand!
• Create all the details of the head, like a pointy muzzle, clay nose and eyes, angled ears, and a smiling face
• Make felted eyelids and incorporate clay eyes into the fox’s face and to give him a sly mischievous look
• Shade the details of the head with pastels, and blend it right into the wool for a more realistic look
• Build the bulk of the fox’s body and chest to serve as a solid foundation for all other pieces.
• Needle felt the limbs and insert armatures into them to make them posable, so that the fox can appear to walk or stand up
• Make a bushy tail with a white tip, and use armatures in the tail for additional balance
• Assemble the limbs and tail to the fox body, securing them seamlessly, and needle felt the entire sculpture firm
• Continue to shape the fox’s body and add details
• Create the smooth color transition from the while belly to the red-orange body
• Attach the head to the body so that the little fox can move his head to look different ways
• Give the fox a furry texture for a coat of fur
• Shade the paws, and pose the limbs in a few positions to give different effects

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Included in this course

24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies