Thursday, 20 December 2012

Horse Relief Portrait

This is my latest piece of work, its soon to be completely finished, its just in needs of it frame.  It will soon be on my 'Available' page to purchase.

I can also reserve items which will require a deposit, and full payment when finished which will then be posted on a special next day delivery.

Needle felted from wool, horse head portrait as a relief

Needle felting by Hayley Louise Bishop

Side view of a needle felt horse head

It measures: Approx  10" x 13" inches just larger than an A4, it will measure larger with the frame.

Contact me for a guide price, further information, or to reserve.

3D Oriental Cat Head

Been updating the blog/ website with some photos, get some examples of my work on these plain pages.  I have now managed to upload the prices on my 'Commission page' but i shall also put the examples here.

This is a 3D Oriental Cat Head, sculpted from 100% Norwegian wool, it is the size of an A4.  It took forever for me to create this small to medium sized head, and fix it to a flat surface, so that the weight of the head would not pull down. It works very well in 3D, as light in a room changes, so will this wonderful, life looking portrait, creating shadows and a whole different dimension and appearance; s if it was to walk out of the frame.

This was actually created from only 2 photos of my cat, i decided to place the head slightly to one side of the frame, i think it give it that little extra room for the nose, which protrudes somewhat.  The head is completely formed, and is correct throughout - meaning i haven't left any area scraggly, it is finished off to the very millimetre.  There is NO metal armature, NO sponge or foam to pad it out, it is completely 100% made form wool.  It has been formed using only 2 different types of needles.  It took me a approx 80/85hrs to make, not including fixing it to the frame.

I enjoy every minute of creating these life like, 3D, relief portraits and sculptures, and i hope i can create many more for others to enjoy.


This is a needle felt cat head, in 3D, which extends out of the picture

A needle felted cat head
side view of a Needle felted cat by Hayley Louise Bishop

Monday, 17 December 2012

Facebook

Im now on Facebook which i shall also use like a blog, the link www.facebook.com/HLBOriginals please follow me, if you like what you see.  I shall be uploading as much as i can, and work in progress.

Sunday, 16 December 2012

My blog has been sitting here unused for sometime, but i am now in a position to start uploading information.  So here we go, HLB Originals is finally blogging.

I hope all the information will be of interest.