I am often contacted by visitors who would like to buy dolls they have seen in the picture galleries. But all of these dolls have been made as part of projects or have been pre-ordered a long time before they were made. Due to lack of time I only make a very limited number of dolls each year, but I have decided to make some of these dolls available on Feltmaking.com as "Doll of the month".

The doll has been sold

Again this month it is the wool that gave me the inspiration for the doll of the month. When I was looking for some wool for the big eagle project, that I am working on right now, then I found some wool that made me think of the mane of a lion. I had made one before, for my book “Animal Felt” and I wanted to try to make it a little different.

The lion has only a head and two front legs - but no body and that makes it look more alive. When you place it at the back of the sofa it looks like it comes crawling up from behind and when you move it and play with it you will feel it much easier to animate it. Working with this effect I also wanted to try how it would work on a video and you can see the result on the little video I now have on YouTube under the text “The lion sleeps tonight”, or you can see it here on my website.

The techniques I have used are a combination of relief technique and soft sculptural technique. First I have needled the stables of wool down on a piece of carded wool. On top of this I have made the face of the lion by sculpting shapes and needle them down on this background. Afterwards I have rolled the legs and fastened them at the back of the lion head in a way that makes the head come upright. The head is 15 cm high.

The price is $ 275 (USD) and this includes shipping. Only the one dolls is available so if you click on the "Buy Now"-link and the dolls has already been sold you will get an error message.

Click below if you would like to buy the doll. You will be taken to the website of PayPal where you can pay by credit card (you don't need a PayPal-account).