Playing with ojos de dios

 

A couple of days ago i have seen a wonderful mandala.
Searching around and googling and youtubing i found out what it was.

OJOS DE DIOS !!! :D

here you can see more of these beautiful mandalas : http://www.ojos-de-dios.com/

There are also quite a few artists from Russia who make them.

I ordered Monday they instructions from jay, and i played a bit …. here the first tries

Because i had just barbeque sticks, i tried with them
and because the baby wool i had, was to elastic, i got out my cotton yarn

Just a tip … don't waste your time with barbeque sticks … they are to thin and break

So i went today and got me some bamboo sticks
Marked them as suggested in the instructions and started off with the centres
can you see how messy the middle is ?

and then, when i tried to fix them together …
SCREAM !!!

Me was ANGRY !

but i found out how to make a nicer looking middle and then i did a 4 sided one

it is not yet perfect, it is really not easy to wind the thread even around the sticks
But i like the first one :D

Felted bunny is ready - part 5

 

Today i finished the last touches of colour to my bunny.

Here a few pictures from all sides

It is not a 100% copy, but i am very pleased with it.

The links to the older parts :
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4

Felted bunny gets ready for the big day - part 4

I have been needling on the bunny and today there are new pictures again.
I made the tights and then i worked on the eyes.
First you see the amount of fluff i used for each side

Then i needled on one side and folded the fluff together and then needled the other side and folded the fluff to the middle also and needled it together. Then i did the same one more time in the middle to make it smaller.




Last photo shows you the finished size after all the folding :D
Now to the needling and compressing :

Then i needled them a bit into a curve

Next i tagged it lightly around the eye

And started to needle it all down

Next i did some rolling of fluff for the lower legs


Looking if they are the right size :

Ok … that looks ok, now needling them down and compressing

One was a bit bigger then the other, so i wrapped a tiny bit of fluff around the smaller one.
And needled them onto the body


Next was a bit more fluff - longer then the feet that is…
to make the upper arms. Worked them into the bending like shown in the Russian blog
and attaching them to the body.
I also made a little blob for the tail and needled it into place


Then i made some fluff flat for the ears

Working at a steep angle with the finest needle i made a nice surface
At the same time i changed the rounding into a more pointed tip - i didn't think right here.


And here it is :D nearly finished the little bunny

All i need to do now, is the finishing of the surface with the fine needle, and then a bit of colour.
This will happen in the next couple of days :)