Needle felted polar bear tutorial

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The next part is to add wool so you can fine tune the shape of the sculpture to actually look like a bear. This is where we left off las...

This is the first needle felting tutorial I have ever made so please let me know if anything is unclear. During this first part I will show you how I made the wire frame for these polar bears. The large polar bear is the one that is being used as the example, but the baby was made in the same way. Because they have wire frames they are pose-able which adds a fun dimension to them as sculptures. Please keep in mind that the steps I show are not concrete and are only the way I happened to get…

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The next step is to wrap a little bit of wool around the frame. I tend to start at the limb attachment point and poke the wool with the nee...

I am a fiber artist based in Nova Scotia, Canada. I started needle felting almost two years ago and am completely addicted! I love making realistic sculptures that take up to 30 hours to create as well as lots of cute critters.

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