Needle Felted Zaftig Doll




This is Cookie! She knows that a curve is the sexiest distance between two points and she is proud of her voluptuous figure. From a Yiddish word meaning ripe and juicy, Zaftig has come to be understood as pleasantly plump.



Cookie is needle felted out of 100% wool. She is very soft and is fun to pose. Her gorgeous red hair is from dyed curly wool.




















Cookie dropped something!!


I created Cookie using soft sculpture techniques that I learned from Birgitte Krag Hansen. She is not totally complete yet as I have to do much needling to create a less fuzzy skin. I just had to share her because she makes me laugh! When I get her done I will post a video of Cookie in motion!

Comments

  1. Ohh I love your work, is beautiful.
    I want to learn how to make puppets well, I am in love with needle felting. I made dolls sculpted in cloth. Two months ago I discovered the technique needle felting .
    I would like to share knowledge with you. My English is not good but I hope I understand.

    Y love your blog!!!


    Congratulations!!

    PD: I regret your disease

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  2. Love Cookie and your lovely philosophy about zaftig! I'm just getting into felting dolls myself, made one lovely creature a few years ago called Salimagundi...actually she made herself!

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  3. Love Cookie and your lovely philosophy about zaftig! I'm just getting into felting dolls myself, made one lovely creature a few years ago called Salimagundi...actually she made herself!

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