Abominable Snowbeast - needlefelt and polymer clay

[JaimesWorld]

I made this guy to go on our tree, this Christmas.  He's approximately 9" tall and is made of needle-felted polyfill covered with wool roving.  His face, hands, and feet are sculpted with polymer clay.  I ran out of wool roving, so he's not as bulky as I wanted.....but, he'll get more fur the next time I pick up roving

[craftylittlemonkey]

ROCKS!

*wants one*

[Helena Puck]

I love him! You did a wonderful job.

[HowdySailor]

That looks better than the store bought plushie! You did an amazing job. I would LOVE to have this in my house!

[JaimesWorld]

THANK YOU!  I totally winged it with this guy.  I rigged a wire armature and filled the inside with scrap white yarn, then filled him out some with fiberfill.  Then, I made the face mask and eyes out of polymer clay.  I made the teeth separately and pressed them into the top and bottom plates I used for his mouth.  He has a tongue in there and the teeth are pressed into little pink gums.  I did the hands and feet out of clay as well.  After I placed the clay parts and baked them, I built up the rest of his body with felted fiberfill and covered that with the felted wool roving.  I'm so glad you guys like him

[twelvedaysold]

Oh my, he looks so incredibly perfect.  Like he walked out of the movie onto your tree, seriously. 

[ChrisSews]

He's great.  You did a fantastic job combining the clay face and hands with the the felted body.

[fancybutch]

soooo fabulous!  and great idea to mix felting and clay.
You got the face just perfect.

[JaimesWorld]

Thank you all so much!  I'm going to try making his co-stars for next year

[breakfastface]

Thats so awesome. It looks like he stepped right out of the movie.