This week I began working on my next needle felting project - a pair of rats. I think rats deserve respect, and I'm trying to help with that by portraying them as sweet as they really are!
My plan had been to make both of them at once, but I ran out of a critical piece, 22 gauge white cotton covered stem wire. The only place I found them sold them in a batch of 240, so now I should have a lifetime supply. I did have enough, though, to make one rat and I used them for the hands and feet trying out a new technique that I dreamed up and I think it worked out pretty well.
So meet Aurora, the first of the sisters. Her little sister, whose name I have. n't decided on yet, should be along some time this week since I now have all the supplies.
Here's little Aurora standing on a shelf in the studio. She likes all the pretty colors of the paint jars hanging in the wall rack behind her.
My original thought was to costume the rats in Halloween costumes, but now I'm no longer completely sold on that plan. Although it would be cute, the girls would be relegated to Halloween decorations. I think I'd prefer a more year-round use. So I'm thinking of fairy princesses or forest nymphs.
I'll make that decision once the other rat appears!
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