My Top 5 Tips for Needle Felting Doll Faces | Natural Fiber Art Dolls and Waldorf Inspired

In this quick video I give you some of my best tips for needle felting doll faces, whether you are trying to sculpt natural fiber art dolls or waldorf inspired dolls. I have over 10 years of experience needle felting doll faces (and other doll parts) and I have taught many students how to approach this wonderful technique. I hope this helps you come to needle felting with a little bit more method, so you can achieve better symmetry (always welcomed) and more harmony, getting you closer to achieving the facial features you have envisioned for your doll.

Disclaimer: I am not this methodic when it comes to my doll sculpting, I needle felt very organically but I also have a lot of experience. I have found these tips to be very helpful to my students when they are starting to use this technique.

Check out the written version, with some helpful links:
http://www.figandme.com/blog/tips-for-needle-felting-doll-faces-natural-fiber-art-dolls

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Time stamps for easy viewing:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Discussing Needle Felting as a Fiber Art
1:18 The Difference Between Sculpting Dolls and Sculpting Figurines
3:00 Tip 1: Divide the Face into Quadrants
4:10 Tip 2: Mark the Placement for each Face Feature
4:55 Tip 3: Roll Wool for the Main Face Features
5:52 Tip 4: Sculpt the Mouth Line First
6:40 Tip 5: Use a Doll Template
8:06 Needle Felting a Doll with a Wire Armature | Patreon series

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