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November 16, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

The silent type that is.  We have silent auction ending soon check them out.

First we have Fortune the Friendly Phoenix Fledgling

Picture of the plush Phoenix.  It is red with black eyes and yellow beak and two towed feet.

Formed in a furious fumarole, this flame-winged fowl is fated to find a fortunate figure and forge a fierce and felicitous friendship that will flourish far into the fantastic future with their fabulous found family. For real.

Measuring approximately 29.2cm (11.5in), Fortune is made of 100% acrylic yarn, is stuffed with 100% polyester quilt batting, and is machine washable. USES 18MM PLASTIC SAFETY EYES THAT ARE A POTENTIAL CHOKING HAZARD FOR PETS & SMALL CHILDREN IF THEY COME LOOSE.

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Second we have Needle Felted Discworld Model

Photo of a needle-felted A'Tuin the Giant Star Turtle with a the four grey elephants, Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen on it's shell. On top of the elephants is the flat Discworld, water flowing over the edges

"See...
Great A'Tuin the turtle comes, swimming slowly through the interstellar gulf, hydrogen frost on his ponderous limbs, his huge and ancient shell pocked with meteor craters... In a brain bigger than a city, with geological slowness, He thinks only of the weight.
Most of the weight is of course accounted for by Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jarakeen, the four giant elephants upon whose broad and star-tanned shoulders the Disc of the World rests, garlanded by the long waterfall at its vast circumference..." -Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

This Discworld model is needle felted, which means that it is principally made of colored wool, stabbed with a barbed needle until it sits where it's supposed to. Inside both the Great A'Tuin and the Disc are foam discs for structure, and wooden dowels help the elephants support the weight. A'Tuin's ponderous limbs (and head) also contain armature wires for support, and some limited posability. The elephants' tusks are made with air-dry polymer clay. A'Tuin measures 19 inches (48cm) beak to tail, with a 22 inch (56cm) wingspan. Cori Celesti, the great mountain on the hub, rises 10 inches (25cm) above A'Tuin's belly.

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