Hello and welcome to my website!

I'm Helena, a felting artist living in Raisio, Finland. I make art mainly by needle felting, but also by wet felting and combining different craft techniques with felting.

I make pet portraits as custom orders. When I make the portraits, as well as most of my other art pieces, I use the technique of painting with wool. That is, I create paintings by needle felting: using felting needle sort of as a brush and wool as paint. I poke wool on to the surface of fabric using felting needle (a barbed needle, specifically designed for needle felting), which attaches the fiber to the fabric. 

I use linen fabric in my designs, because it looks cool with wool and is more ecological and ethical than cotton or most wool felts. In smaller products and some of the art pieces I use recycled wool felt as a base for needle felting. Then I cut it into shape (like the butterfly on the left).

If you wish to purchase a custom made pet portrait or something else, please fill in the contact sheet below.

You can see some of my previous pet portraits as well as the price list on the front page and here: Villamaalaus lemmikistä.

Information about my products

Did you buy one of my birds or butterflies in Finland? Here's some information about them like materials used and care instructions. Read more here...