Art Sculpture
Needle felt artist brings comfort to pet owners with woollen sculptures
A needle felt artist who creates woollen sculptures of animals and pets who have died has said she “didn’t realise how much it would mean” to her customers, after selling her artwork internationally.
Fiona Finlayson, 53, from Livingston in West Lothian, started making animals through the form of needle felting as a hobby, and the craft involves sculpting shapes and figures using wool and special felting needles.
A 50ft (15m) sculpture to be installed in Bradford as part of its City of Culture year was inspired by the area’s multiculturalism, its creator has said.
Artist Saad Qureshi, who moved with his family from Pakistan to Heaton at the age of eight, said he had designed the Tower of Now to celebrate the “incredible” city’s diversity.
Originally intended to play soundscapes featuring voices in different languages, the tower has since been changed to a solely visual piece of art.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7edd0vy9jo.amp
BOURNEMOUTH artist David A Lindon has entered history books for making the smallest handmade sculpture in the world.
David’s microscopic piece of work Red Lego Brick has been confirmed as a new world record by Guinness World Records, February 2025.
Read More: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bournemouth-artist-enters-record-books-001000378.html
A sculpture capturing the role of local women in the city’s textile trade has today (Thursday 6 February) been unveiled at the Green Heart.
The piece entitled Standing In This Place is the work of sculptor Rachel Carter and community history group the Legacy Makers. It depicts two women in period costume – an enslaved black woman working in the American cotton fields and a white woman in an East Midlands textile mills.
Read More: https://www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk/uk-first-sculpture-is-unveiled-at-nottinghams-green-heart/
