Whether tigers or tortoises, field mice or feathered peacocks, artisanal creatures are a celebration of life itself. By Ligaya Mishan WITH EACH STAB of the needle, the fibers catch, twist and snarl.

Artist Lesley-Anne Green started out as a ceramist and then transitioned into doll making. But when she came across the art of needle felting, she never looked back. In a matter of hours, Green can ...

Sachiko Susa, trans. from the Japanese by Leeyong Soo. Tuttle, $17.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8048-5640-9 Needle felting designer Susa (Cute Needle Felted Animal Friends) shares an adorable if incomplete ...

Each week, this series shares Marion-Made! stories of our many wonderful people, places, products and programs in the greater Marion community. To read more stories of Marion’s great people, places, ...

Kiyoshi Mino is a farmer who needle-felts incredibly realistic small animals for fun. The Illinois native had no intention of being an artist–or a man of the land, for that matter–but two stints in ...

“Felted Friends,” a lesson in how to make a needle-felted animal, will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the Novato Public Library at 1720 Novato Blvd. The lesson will teach ...

Gayle Mathues is a local fiber artist specializing in needle felted sculptures. “I have always been interested in art and being creative,” she said, adding that her parents gave her a drawing set when ...