Plains Song Studio

A blog about needle felting by a naturalist with one foot firmly planted in this realm, and one firmly planted in another. Currently I am finishing a collection of owls.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

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Well, I am writing my last post here, at least for my needle felt work. I have started my own website so that I can have a more official pl...

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Needle Felted Barn Owl: Reflection

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This piece is called 'Reflection' and is of a Barn Owl. Felting in all of those spots took a long time! The photo that I used fo...

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Needle Felted Little Owls

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This next pair of owls is meant to depict two Little Owl ( Athene noctua ) chicks. The name 'Little Owl' is actually the accepted ...

Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Sisters

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This sculpture is part of the 'A Parliament of Owls' exhibition that is at the Burkholder Project until Oct. 31st. It is based on a...

Thursday, October 9, 2014

A Parliament of Owls: Needle Felt Sculptures

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I currently have an exhibition at The Burkholder Project in Lincoln, Nebraska that is entirely comprised of owls. Of course I couldn...

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Polar Bear Tutorial Part 3 (Adding wool to fine tune the shape)

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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...

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Polar Bear Tutorial Part 2 (Wrapping the frame with wool)

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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...

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Michelle Liebgott-Osinga: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States; I studied Art History and Studio Art (in which I mostly focused on Ceramics) in university. About a two years ago I found Needle Felting, and haven't looked back since.

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