Cute needle felted animal is small enough to fit in your hand by an artist

This animal is small enough to fit in your hand

Crafters who enjoy all things adorable often engage in pin wool roving, and Canadian designer Teri Gullon is one such them. She turns wool into cute animal figurines that fit in the palm of your hands.

The gifted craftsperson, who adores animals, made the decision to attempt to create small reproductions of her favorite animals. My Contemporary Met quotes Gullon as saying, “When I first encountered needle wool roving, my purpose was just to produce something beautiful to make me happy.” I actually stayed up all night to complete a painting after I became hooked.

Today, Gullon uses wool to create likenesses of various kinds of animals, but she has a special affinity for creating cuddly sea animals. She explains that as she is from Nova Scotia and has spent considerable time on and in the sea, many of her artworks are motivated by aquatic life. “I also like the juxtaposition of using an unusual material like wool to create something that lives in the sea.” Woolen dolphins, sharks, and cephalopods in tiny have all been made by Gullon. She even created stingray figures with bright spots and “smiles” on their undersides.

Gullon’s portfolio includes a wide variety of cute land mammals and snakes, despite her preference for the ocean. Gullon can create just about any animal out of wool, from adorable koalas to lifelike dogs. Even a cute turtle with a needle-felted shell was one of her creations. She explains that while some of her works are supposed to look realistic, others are simply adorable and vibrant.

In Gullon’s careful method, the wool is stabbed with specialised barbed needles that draw the fibers together and enable her to shape them. Imagine combing your hair to make knots, but with more lasting results, she advises. “The concept is the same, but I have various needles for different purposes.” Gullon spends between 15 and 20 hours pushing her needles into the fiber for her most lifelike works. She explains that her method of needle wool roving requires making the wool extremely dense in order to accommodate more intricacies, which takes a lot of time. I ran the math out of interest, and it turns out that I stabbed anything I constructed in 20 hours nearly 400,000 times!

View more of Gullon’s stunning needle-felted creatures by scrolling down. You may purchase one of these delicious morsels for yourself from Gullon’s unique collection on Etsy.

Wool is used to create charming needle-felted creatures by Nova Scotian artist Teri Gullon.