Needle Felting a Rusty the Dog
– Felt a Petite Pup with a Moving Head, Expressive, Stiffened Ears, and a Big Clay Bone –

Course Outline

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

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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

Discover Irina’s “Acrylic Impregnation” technique in shaping Rusty’s expressive ears! This sweet pup also features a colorful coat, emotive eyes, and a big bone to chew! His swivel head lets him look left and right for all the best treats!

Skills you will Learn:

• How to needle felt a miniature 3D Dog in Irina’s cute caricature style!
• Build up the head by needle felting detailed individual parts that will be assembled together
• Express emotion in needle felting the shape of the eyebrows, and in making the polymer clay eyes
• Use pastels to shade and tint the wool and give depth and shadow to Rusty’s face and body
• Learn Irina’s technique of Acrylic Impregnation to fix Rusty’s ears into place (this technique is optional)
• Needle felt all the shapes of Rusty’s body, and give color to his belly
• Shape the individual limbs and detail the tiny paws that will hold his bone
• Needle felt a tail, and assemble all the pieces of Rusty’s body
• Attach Rusty’s head to make him able to look left and right
• Apply pastel shading to Rusty’s back to give him fantastic depth of color
• Create a furry texture for Rusty’s coat
• Make the polymer clay eyes and bone for Rusty

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

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.