Friday, May 3, 2013

Badlands on the Plains...


I finally finished up some needle-felting I started a couple months ago.  I made a backing/frame out of old cedar remnants for this piece, which was wet-felted, machine-stitched, and needle-felted (in that order).  The hills are felted to look a bit like the badlands near Dubois.  One of my friends gave me a rusted ol' horseshoe, and I am also using a railroad spike I found years ago.  Another friend picked up some rusted barbed wire off her dad's ranch, and I used that to frame the weathered cedar. 

Cutting and bending the barbed wire was tough!!  It was really hard on my hands, so I don't know if I'll do that again.  However, the creative aspect was fun. 
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  1. NancyMay 3, 2013 at 7:43 AM

    Ooooh, I like this one better than the other two! Nice job.

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  2. kathy bMay 3, 2013 at 9:18 AM

    That is so creative. I love the BADLANDS so it is especially wonderful to me.
    Did it hurt your hands in general, (not the barbed wire part)?

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  3. AnonymousMay 3, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    Love how you added the spike and barbed wire. Very cool!

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  4. RURAL May 4, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    I remember when you were working on this, it really inspired me to start needle felting...

    Great job.

    Jen

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