Waldorf Inspired Needle Felted Wool Painting Giveaway
EDIT: The giveaway is now closed. A winner will be selected and announced tomorrow 🙂
Everyone has heard me talk about the love of my life, Tim. (The other day when I apologized to him for creating so much work for him… with programming for WFA and all the projects he does around the house for me, he looked at me and said, “It’s nothing, sweetie, you are my hobby!” I ask you, who wouldn’t love him?) Anyway… February 28, 2011 marked the 9th anniversary of when we meet. It was also the day Tim and I finally got married. After all the years we have spent together, it seemed a little silly to make a big to-do about it. So, Tim and I, along with my brother, Kipp, and his wife, Jennifer, went to an interesting little chapel, and got married.
Although the wedding was about as low keyed as you could get, we wanted to commemorate the day. After discovering Daria’s Etsy shop, Art of Felting, in January, I contacted her. Daria lives in Rehovot, Israel . Here is the email I sent her…
I was so delighted yesterday when I discovered your site. My readers seemed quite taken, too 🙂 I have a question about a custom order. I am going to be married soon… the 2nd marriage for both of us. We are in our 50s, so not babes 🙂 We do want something to commemorate the day since it will be very subdued. (We’ve already been together for 9 years.) When I saw your wool paintings, I thought this would be perfect! I love your new piece with the poppies, but I would like something bigger… more like the 13″ x 17″. I’m kind of thinking about a woodsy scene with poppies, and maybe a Mother Earth gets married kind of theme 🙂 Let me know if this is possible.
And here was her reply…
It was a real pleasure to receive your input. The work I put into my creations gives me joy, but it is even more pleasurable to hear good words from others. I truly enjoyed your Wee Folk Art plus and think you are very talented. Your wonderful idea and the matter inspire me to start working on the project right now. I would be glad cooperating with you.
We were delighted when we received it last month. It is beautiful. Daria titled this peace “Mother Earth Gets Married”. Perfect, right? A lovely reminder of how blessed we feel. As it turned out, my mom wanted to get it for us for a wedding gift… thank you mom. As soon as we decide what we want, we will have it framed.
Now… for some exciting news… When Daria shipped us our tapestry, she included a lovely little framed piece to share with our readers. Fantastic, right? The tapestry measures 5 1/4″ x 3 1/4″, framed 7 1/4″ x 5 1/4″. It is absolutely lovely!
Daria also sent photos of the fairy tapestry in process! I had asked Daria if she worked from a sketch. This is what she told me:
In Waldorf art is no place for a sketch or a previous plan. It’s like to give birth. This is by some means an opposition to photography. The target is not to show nature, but to discover what is conceived in. That’s why the right mood is necessary, which can be achieved through good music or other inspiring things. When I succeed get into right mood I start. First I place different wool pieces on the felt. Then I let the drawing leading my hands. The next step is to define details and only then the turn of a great finish comes. Billions strokes of needle.
If you would like a chance to win this sweet little Waldorf inspired needle felted wool painting, simply pay Daria’s Etsy shop, The Art of Felting, a visit, look at all her lovely things, (taking a drool cloth is highly advisable!) then come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite creation is. The giveaway will run from today, Wednesday, April 20, to Easter Sunday, April 24, at 9:00 p.m. EST. A winner will be drawn at random. So, head over to Art of Felting, pick a favorite, come back and tell us about it, then cross your fingers.
Thanks so much, Daria. It will be hard to give up this lovely little tapestry… but I will 🙂
123 Comments
Karen a/k/a The lazy Quilter
Such beautiful work! Everything is so beautiful, but I especially love The Fairy’s Journey tapestry.
Sarah G
What gorgeous works of art! I am especially taken with the animals, and I think the fox and bunnies are my favorites. Just remarkable…
GM
She wasn’t lying when she called it art. What a beautiful shop! I wish I had the money to buy it since they’re all so well-made. My favorite was easy though. It’s the “Needle felted Mother and child-Waldorf inspired standing doll-soft sculpture.” Once you become a mom it changes your perspective forever. It takes on an almost magical/blessed quality. I love art that embraces that.
Steff
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49715008/needle-felted-fox-made-for-custom-orders
Daria is not only incredibly talented, she is also wonderfully generous.
If I had the money, I would buy the fox. It’s one of the sweetest things I have ever seen, and I strongly encourage loving relatives to consider buying it for me!!
starpainter
So difficult to choose a favorite! Love the pegasus and the jackrabbit. Found a new etsy favorite shop today!
Candice
Needle Felted Wool Tapestry – The forest children N5-Elsa Beskow and Waldorf Inspired is just the most beautiful, magical scene. It reminds me not only of the preschool children I care for at our own Waldorf School, but of my three year old son who in a dreamy state just before falling asleep last night said, “Mama, Buffo the frog is kind of like Anxious Frog in the Sun Egg”. Elsa Beskow’s works are such a gift to my children and we have read the few books we have of hers endlessly. This work of the Forest Children seems to be dancing and so radiant. What a master piece!
Ellie Fitzpatrick
It seems appropriate that at this time of year I was drawn to her needle felted Easter Eggs. http://www.etsy.com/listing/61134254/needle-felted-easter-eggs-the-forest Absolutely stunning!
mike.ellie.fitz at gmail dot com
rae
i have been in love with daria’s work for some time now. i could not possibly choose a favorite but i will say that i already have plans to order my blue obsessed winter child a king winter of her very own for her birthday this year.
what a gorgeous treasure daria created for you! i just love that that is how you commemorated the event. and congratulations to you!!! how wonderful the two of you had this celebration in honor of your beautiful union. warmly, rae
Heidi
Such beautiful work. The littel owl spoke to me- probably because it is spring time and every evening for the past week the owls who live in our woods have been calling. Such joy to hear them and try to find them in the dark! So far we have seen one fly so quietly into the night shadows!
Guest
I love the Climbing Gnome, so magical!!!
Marina Alonso
So beautiful! It was very hard but I think that my favorite is the Fairy-Mother and child. You can just see and feel the love and warmth. Thank you for this opportunity, your work is amazing! And thank you WFA, you are my biggest inspiration!!!
monica
Wow!!! Daria your work is amazing, beautiful and inspiring! I am in love with all your needle felted fairies. I think my favorite has to be this one….http://www.etsy.com/listing/46989769/needle-felted-wool-picture-waldorf This reminds me of my daughter; and our fascination with rainbows and all the magic of them, nature, angels and love. 🙂 Thank you for blessing us by sharing your gifts. Thank you to Kimara for bringing us your wee folk art blogs, such wonderful things, places and giveaways to see 🙂 Much Love, Monica
Here is explantation of picture: needle felted wool picture waldorf inspired:This tapestry spreads an atmosphere of a good mood. A laughing girl enjoys her self using a rainbow as a jumping rope .Full of colors, made out of pure organic wool it will supply a strong good energy to every room which it will be found in.
This needle felted picture(about 9" across and almost 11.3" tall)
This listing is only for the picture, the frame is not included.
This tapestry will be signed before shipping, tenderly wrapped and shipped to you.
Thank you for choosing us to brighten up your day.
Nancy Critchlow
I love the little felted lamb. How perfect for Easter!
Dulcie
WOW. The recommendation of a drool rag was appropriate. Rainbow jumpropes. Felting root children on easter eggs. So many lovelies. Thanks for the chance.
brynn
Everything is so beautiful but I really love that felted lamb. 🙂
Linda C
Oh, all the little animals are marvelous! I loved the flamingo!
slvq
Everything is beautiful, but I particularly love the wool pictures / tapestries. This one
http://www.etsy.com/listing/46989769/needle-felted-wool-picture-waldorf
and this one:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/32063660/on-sale-needle-felted-wool-picture
are my favorites.
Thanks for the chance!
Beatrice
Oh my, what an absolutely stunning site! It was so hard to pick just one, but I think my favourite is the Elsa Beskow-inspired Forest Children tapestry on the first page. So many beautiful things by an incredibly talented artist.
Melissa Barnes
I love the wooden Garden fairy!!! I am so amazed so much can be done felting!! Very creative!! Melissa
I love the wool fairy garden figure!! I’ve just started felting and I cannot believe all the things that can be done!!
Thanks,
Melissa
domestic diva
The needle felted lion king of beasts is amazing. What fabulous work!
Jennifer Park
One favorite? Impossible! But I really love the Yellow-Throated Warbler and all the mother and child ones. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!
Guest
So many details, it’s like reading a story, so alive! my favorite The Forest Children, I love their hats!
Wendi
I had a difficult time choosing a favorite from her site, but I finally decided on Fairy Feast. Her work is so beautiful. I would love to win the little painting. Gorgeous!
And congratulations on your marriage. I wish you a lifetime of happiness together!
Sarah
Thanks for sharing your beautiful art.
Guest
How can one possibly just choose one? So here are my 3 favorites and even that took me FOREVER: Flower Queen (love the vibrant colors), felt easter eggs (what a super sweet idea and I just adore mushrooms), the felted Elsa Beskow paintings with incredible details! AMAZING!
Thank you for recommending the site!
Guest
Daria’s work is incredible! Well, it’s really hard to decide what is my favourite … I like the wool tapestry named ”The Fairy Feast 2” and little felted rose brooch… But, her other works are sooo beautiful. Hard to decide 🙂 Silvija
Lali
First of all; sincere congratulations ! 😉
Second; what an unbelievably amazing tapestry she made for you two, so so beautiful, really breathtaking!
And third; thank you so much for invitation in Daria’s Etsy shop of wonders…she really does magic! My favorite of her crazy beautiful creations is Needle Felted Wool picture Flowers Fairy. Uf, it’s amazing!
Carli
Thank you so much for introducing such an amazing artist to us all! I love all of her tapestries and dolls! If I were to choose one I would choose her flower fairy tapestry, such beauty and sweetness! Thanks again 🙂
Andrea
Daria’s work is absolutely exquisite. There’s so much beauty and detail and emotion in each piece. Truly, I love them all, but the sculptural animals captivated me the most — especially the fox, who’s a creature much favoured in stories and drawings by my young daughter these days. Thanks for the chance to win the tapestry. Happy Easter, Wee Folk Art!
Sharon C.
You are right, Daria does amazing work. My favorite is The Fairy’s Journey. The heron and fawn in the picture are incredible. Thanks for showcasing this wonderful Etsy shop and artist.
MamaAmethyst
I am most attracted to the felted landscapes. They are beautiful scenes in themselves. Felting the scenes add such depth. So amazingly beautiful and inspirational! Thanks for the opportunity!
Oh…I almost forgot…The Fairy’s Journey is my favorite!!
Olivia
Her work is AMAZING, but I think my favorite is her Yellow Spring Fairy 🙂
Great idea for a giveaway!!
Olivia
Tracy
Such beautiful creations! I’m really drawn to the little animal creatures – the jackrabbit, fox – so detailed and sweet, but my favorite piece is the mobile-Girl in a pink dress, with the little girl on a swing. I’m in love – and have a new favorite seller on etsy!
Tiffany
I have had this store listed as one of my favorites for some time now. I just love the artist’s needle felting work. I have been learning to needle felt and only dream of being as talented as she is someday. I was lured in by Fairies and Gnome Dolls. The doll that caused by love affair with this store some time back is the Needle Felted Wool Garden Fairy. She takes my breathe away.
Eugenia
It ‘s so hard to choose…. But my favorite is the Needle felted Pink Fairy. Waldorf inspired.
Great job!!! So inspiring!!
Linda Sue
Her work is incredible and I would find it hard to pick between all the beautiful piecesm especially the animals, but my favorite is the lion king. Amazing.
Rachel D
Since I’m expecting a new daughter next month and her nursery is lavender, I’d have to say my favorite (today) is the purple mother and child. Such beautiful work on them all!
Tam
Wow… just wow. Daria’s wool painting and sculpture are beautiful and full of love and light. What a delight to have a piece by her in one’s home. I love her fairies… but this evening I kept going back to the “Needle felted Mother and child” – I find it especially touching.
Congratulations to your love and you… even after a long time of togetherness, it’s still a special event and it sounds like you have an amazingly special treasure to help commemorate.
Many thanks for the generous giveaway.
Peace and joy to you.
LauraB
The Needle Felted Wool picture(waldorf inspired) of the fairies in the poppy field is my FAVORITE…I love her work!! Beautiful!!
Eileen
Wow…those felted “paintings” are some of the best i have ever seen! My favorite is The Forest Children N5. The details on the animals are awesome.
The animal figures are fabulous also! She is a true artist!
Paulette
OH MY!! so very hard to pick! While I loved the camel, and the owls, and well…everything, I think the lion kept drawing me back. Such lovely work!!
teryn
These are really lovely. I love the little summer maiden figure she has in the shop — too sweet. Thank you for sharing this giveaway with us. Congratulations on your marriage!
Carola
To choose but one in indeed a challenge, but I love Daria’s Needle Felted Wool Mobile-Climbing Gnome. I love the simplicity and true whimsy of it. Thank you Daria for your generous give away through Wee Folk Art. u2022*u00A8*u2022.u00B8
Shoshana
While all the pieces in Daria’s shop were beautiful, the felted shell fairy really caught my eye.
Congratulations on your marriage and I love visiting Wee Folk Art to see what you ladies have created! Thank you for sharing!
Sue
Theresa
I love the needle felted mother and child. So sweet!
KMP
My son and I were scrolling through the photographs and the Birch Maiden jumped out at me. She reminds of winter. I thin it’s her dress. But her golden hair looks like silk. To me she appears content.
Love her! She maybe going on my birthday wish list.
Kris P
Jeanette
Such wonderful items Daria, all beautiful but I particularly love the needle felted Winter maiden. Thanks for the opportunity.
jessica
i love the nativity set. it would be perfect for the seasonal table at christmas. but everything is lovely!!
Jill
Wow, what a beautiful piece to give away! I looked at her etsy shop… SO many wonderful things. I fell in love with her summer maiden… *sigh* 🙂
Amber
I don’t think that I can really pick just one favorite~ pretty much ALL of Daria’s creations are irresistable! But in the spirit of spring I’ll name the flower fairy one as a favorite.. all those lovely blooms~ perfectly capturing the essence of a sun soaked day.. ahh… 🙂