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Wooliedales Etc.

Needle-felted Sculptures of Airedales, Animals Etc.

The spontaneous and the unexpected depicts the essence of my desire to sculpt in wool using the fiber arts technique of needle felting. My needle feltings have hundreds of owners nationally and internationally. I simply enjoy "bringing wool to life" and releasing the results "to the wind" for the pleasure of all those who find joy in the tactile pleasure of the needle felted wool. Fiber arts are appealing to both artists and collectors who find this tactile pleasure irresistible.



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I accept commissions. If you wish to purchase an available Woolie, check out my always updated "Woolies for Sale!" page by clicking on the link above.


	Remember seeing Carol’s needle-felted sculpture of the Musk Ox on this website before? Over-laid with the actual luxurious qiviuk fiber harvested from the animal, it was commissioned by Fernando Alvarez, whose entrepreneurship established a sensitive and successful working relationship between the indigenous peoples of the Arctic tundra and such far removed clients of the luxurious sweaters it produces as the Queen of England and movie star Sarah Jessica Parker. The 2010 Summer edition of Wild Fibers magazine has a retelling of the Alvarez’s success story in an article titled “From the Ice Age to New Age” of the business he started in 1994, the Jacques Cartier Clothiers of Banff Inc. The article is a wonderful read. Editor and writer Linda N. Cortright calls qiviuk her favorite wild fiber, but Linda has a way with story-telling, coupled with some of the best photographs you’ll ever see, of making all the “wild fibers” in some of the most remote areas of the world your favorites. Subscribing to the magazine is well worth the price. In our too-busy society, we can momentarily enjoy visions of a simpler life, even if only vicariously.
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	A PHOTO HISTORY OF WOOLIEDALES ETC.
It’s a 7”x9” paperback photo book with 43 pages including dozens of colored photos of the wonderful needle felted creations Carol has sculpted during the past 8 years! Included are photos of Jesse and Scuffer, the two Airedales that initially inspired her work, and the dogs, animals, and people in wool that have pleased folks so much over the years. Yours may be among them! The price is $35. plus a $5 shipping fee. Contact Carol at wooliedales@gmail.com to order one...or two…!
Of interest: My son Mark's new book for children, Diogenes, is reviewed on page 87 in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Bark magazine. He portrays Diogenes for young readers as a dog in ancient Greece. You can learn more and purchase it here. Diogenes follows his first book about Socrates, *Wise Guy,* both published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.

My blog also has photos of Woolies I have sculpted recently.