I made this landscape mostly from store bought wool roving but some fibers I gathered in Yellowstone.
The cliffs are made of bison fur I gathered near Canyon and parts of the mountain goat are made from mountain goat fur I gathered while climbing down the cliffs into Fairyland. We saw a goat and her kids on the cliff across from us just before we spotted Fairyland.
I'm sure the Park Service would frown on it, but it's not like I yanked the wool off the buffalo's butt. They shed the stuff all over the meadows and all I did was walk around and pick it all up. I collected it under the truck's seat during the summer I worked there. Zilla the cat adores the bison wool. I have to keep it hidden or she steals it and hides it under the bed. She is a texture connoisseur.
The waterfall on the left is Golden Fleece Falls on Shallow Creek. On the right are Guardian Falls, Halfway Falls and Impasse Falls on Broad creek.
Strange art project, I know but I thought you guys might get a kick out of it. It's called needle felting. You use barbed needles to mat the fibers together. Lots of fun.
