Tentacal tests


Trying out different suckers

 when trying to come up with the idea of  suckers I wanted to try to use things I had in the house. I tried a variety of balls but this felt too children's crafts.


 I then looked into how I could make the suckers realistic. I started by playing around with fabric but it wasn't easy to manipulate and because of time split between home educating my 7 year old and working on my final project this was hard. I finally decided to have a try at felting the suckers. this was the best way because I could manipulate the wool to look like the suckers I had in mind. These are the final suckers on the fabric I chose for my final garment.







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