Kitchener with Jeremy Hotz -Feb 28 2009

I got to give Jeremy his miniature tonight.
He asked for a couple of photos taken with the miniature.

I hope Sam enjoys his new home with Jeremy and the Real Sam....

Sam Is Going To A New Home!

Tonight is the Jeremy Hotz show in Kitchener.
We have front row tickets!

Jeremy always does a "meet-in-greet" for the fans after the show.
I have some photos from the last show I have matted for him to sign, and I am going to give him a miniature of his Dog Sam.

Don't tell him! LOL


It took me 30 hours to complete Sam. I had a couple of small photos that showed me his shape and colours. It was interesting making a long-haired dog. I have to basically affix every long hair on its own then when all the hairs are in place I have to groom him! I didn't know grooming was so difficult! I now appreciate the work my friend Pauline does....

I can just imagine the weirdness of it all......Jeremy Hotz's Canadian fan gives him a miniature of his dog made of.......matted hair wool! I am sure I have just given him a new line for his show LOL

The Needle Felting Hiadus Is Over

It seems like forever since I have properly needle felted.
I have been quite busy these last months with knitting classes I am teaching. Plus I have had some computer problems that have slowed me down a lot.

I am in the middle of a new project.
It is Sam The Dog.
It is a miniature replica of a famous comedian's dog.

I don't want to reveal too much yet.

I will be working on it full-time, all week, and hopefully it will be done for Saturday.

I will have photos when Sam is all finished.

Happy 2009!

We are 12 days into the new year and I have not had a minute to post anything on here.
Well it is typical of a crafter's life to build all of the goodies to sell on Etsy and to local customers, then leave yourself very little time to get your personal gift crafting done.
This means, of course, that I have the last gifted hat and scarf set done just today!
Poor Amber probably gets most of my gifts way late!
I still owe her a tank halter and a shadow knitted DNA scarf, which are both well started, but are either too complicated to finish quickly, or I end up getting a paying gig that has to come first.
My family is soooo patient with me.

So in the Needle Felting Homefront: I am working on my first facial likeness. It is a Marilyn Monroe evening bag. It has a picture of Marilyn on the front and it is a bit 3-D. (not double D)
I am also working on a siamese cat, and a miniature bunny.
I am developing the patterns for a needle felted heart pendant necklace and I am launching that class at Ewephoria.ca
I am developing my Bunny class and I am also doing some non-needle felting classes.

In the Month of January I am teaching beginner knitting for 4 classes and the goal is to complete a modern slouchy beret and scarf set.
In February I will begin to teach the beginner "My First Sweater Class"
I would say that it will be 4 wks in length too.

Chow For Now!

The Virtual Classroom Is Launched!

Well the last month has been very busy at the Tucker home. We have been in video production for most of the month of November. We took some photos of one of the video shoots so you can see what it is like to produce a video at home for the web.



This is the production of the YouTube video of the real-time making of my poppy pin. This project took 4 hours. We filmed it in real-time and then Alex sped it up so you all could see it in 3:21.


We learned a lot from the videos of November.
One: we have to use an outside mic, as there is noise from the video camera tape in the background.
Two: we have to use a separate source for photos.
I used the video camera to take stills, and this required us to reformat sequence, which we did not expect.
Three: we have to do video production separate from the manual production.
We ended up with lots of extra work because of weird formatting issues. But all in all it was a great experience, and we feel that we have something really great to offer now!

(Me watching the monitor to make sure I keep my work in the shot)

In 2009 we will have needle-felting kits offered through the web. With the purchase of the kits you will get a unique code number with your kit manual, and you will be able to view the virtual classroom videos to go along with your book, so you can learn the techniques and steps that I teach in the classes I teach here in York Region.


Right now the virtual classroom is available to all students who have been to my classes and hold manuals from my 2008 classes.



I will be producing videos for my knitting classes too, but they will be public. So you will be able to see YouTube videos of my knitting compendiums on the front page of the Motivated Motion Gallery: www.motivatedmotion.com

To see the lead in page for the classroom you can go to: www.motivatedmotion.com/virtualclassroom
You will see there is a space for your video code.......