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Since July 2022, Karen Tran has been hiding needle-felted animal tchotchkes around Boston. The creatures are made by stabbing wool roving into the small, gumball-size rotund shape of a koala or a ...

Fiber artist Iris proves that good things come in small packages with her winning debut, a guide to making pint-sized felt animals. She begins with a primer on hand sewing, providing tips for ...

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 ...