When Jake first discovered music and did the whole teenage band thing my once-lovely ceramics studio got overrun with a seemingly never-ending selection of guitars, amps, drum kits, microphone stands and assorted heavy metal paraphernalia. Faced with the knowledge that clay does not mix well with soft furnishings - or food for that matter - I packed away my glazes and looked around for another material that could be used in the house to create 3D objects while minimising the mess factor. Enter needle felting and I was up and running.
I don’t sew or knit - though I can, sort of - so I’d never really considered anything textile related, but hey, I’ll try anything once, so having bought a starter pack from eBay (always my default setting for purchasing new craft materials until I find a reliable supplier), I began to look round the net for inspiration.
While there are some very talented people out there, the proliferation of needle felted teddies and cute critters weren’t really my cup of tea........
The Zombit (or Zombunny, if you prefer) was one of my earliest creations. He was inspired by a character in a book called Zombie Felties - a collection of hand sewn felted creations. I made him bigger, kept the bits I liked (the rough facial features and the overall body shape) and reworked the bits I didn’t like (the arms and ears) and he's much larger than the original. I think he’s rather sweet in an undead sort of way.
