[Animals] Incredible animal sculptures in felted wool that seem to have a life of their own

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The artist Yvonne Herbst began her career illustrating in the famous Pixar animation studios, but for some time she discovered this technique and dedicated herself to it completely, achieving amazing results. We share his best works in this note.

Artist Yvonne Herbst graduated in Illustration in 1997 and began working as a scene painter at the Pixar animation studio. He has worked on several Pixar movies, such as Bugs, Monsters Inc., Nemo and Cars, among others.

Yvonne lives in the United States, where she is raising three children and takes care of a flock of chickens and two dogs.

His art has been varied, but in 2012 he fell in love with felting wool. Since then, his animal sculptures have found homes all over the world.

As the artist tells about her technique: “When needle felting, the wool fiber is repeatedly stabbed with a very sharp, barbed needle. The barbs of the needle make the wool take shapes and thus it can be sculpted”.

About her days in the animation industry, working at the famous Pixar studio, Yvonne recalls that “I used to spend many hours a day painting on a computer sitting in a dark room. While it was a fun time, now I cherish being in my studio, in the light, working with my hands in a completely different way.”

About the type of art he develops, he tells us that “Needle felting is still a relatively unknown art form. I love this medium because the wool is warm and organic in my hands and I find that it adds 'life' to my animals on its own.”

 

His work usually starts with a simple wire armor (the animal's skeleton) and felt around the armor. He often adds taxiderm-quality glass eyes. He works with lots of reference photos.

The result is surprising for the realism of her sculptures, but she says that “I don't want my animals to look 100% realistic (after all, they are made of wool), but by trying to capture the individual character of each animal, my sculptures look realistic. Sometimes I get emails from people who are angry because they're convinced I'm sending bunnies in the mail. I can only go so far to make the animals look realistic. Working with wool limits my abilities, but I enjoy the challenge of portraying the essence of each animal and hope that they come to life in my sculptures.

Let's take a look at some of his best works:

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