Pic Spam 3 of 3 15 Felt Amabies

[feng_shui_house]

And photos of the fifteen felt Amabies I've made recently.

(A three-legged, beaked and scaled mercreature called Amabie from 19th-century Japanese folklore is said to protect against epidemics if you see an image of it.)

Comments

[vera_j]

Wonderful, wonderful photos!!! I am so excited! I have always loved your pics, they belong to the textbooks and they are full of life. Oh, that kestrel, I love bird of prey very much! But small songbirds are such darlings and mockingbirds are clever and cheeky.
Thank you very much, you made my day (gray, gloomy, wet, windy and totally unpleasant it WAS).

[feng_shui_house]

*Huggles* We could all use a bit of bright! That's why I put metallic net and braid on the Amabies. :^)

Sparkle! :^)

[vilakins]

I had to google amabies. These are great!

[feng_shui_house]

I love how ugly cute they are. ;^) I made two a while back and I have them propped up in a front window so any delivery people see them.

[vilakins]

They must wonder what they are!

[feng_shui_house]

I can't tell if anyone's noticed them. :^) They're not very large. I figure once they get past the cement bear they're not surprised by anything. :^)

[pebblerocker]

They're not culturally familiar but I can easily tell they're mercritters! The long seaweedy hair, the fin-shaped ears and the scaly mesh really make it clear. They're so colourful and cheerful all lined up like that.

I love how toys end up with different facial expressions even when they're machine-made and mass-produced - these ones have a lovely variety. The orange and red one in the bottom picture looks like it has an excellent secret to tell!

[feng_shui_house]

I had a lot of fun going through my odds and ends to make them. Their hair was made from embroidery floss of various similar colors in my leftovers, which turned out really well and was fun to brush and comb out to fluff.

My Little Amabies. :^)