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Nautilusby ~FamiliarOddlings

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Birthday gift for one of my closest friends. Her favorite cephalopod is the nautilus. She was quite amazed when she opened the box and found this little guy! :D

The shell is papier mache painted and varnished; the fleshy parts are needle felted wool. It's weighted in the shell and hangs by a stretchy string so it can bounce and bob like they do while swimming. You can't see in this picture, but I included the siphon. :) A real nautilus has ninety tentacles! Ninety! I only managed to fit thirty for this one.

It's about seven inched long.
©2010-2013 ~FamiliarOddlings
Category: Artisan Crafts / Dolls, Plushies & Custom Toys / Original Artist Dolls

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*bear48 May 9, 2013
love it
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~fandomfan May 23, 2012  Hobbyist
That's an amazing piece of work, nautilii(?) are one of my favourite cephalopods.
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~AmpullaeOfLorenzini Dec 11, 2011
Wish you were my friend!
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~nagibzm Jul 5, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
I like this very very much!

Me encanta!
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~ElaclairesSkies Mar 4, 2011
I thought this was a photo of an actual nautilus before clicking on it! Wonderful detail, and I am happy to hear that she loved it :)

This reminds me of a plush I had sewn of a nautilus for my fiance. I love plush making, and am definitely going to look into trying my hand at needle-felt work :D
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~juhele Feb 3, 2011
Hi, very beautiful. I also like nautilus - it is such a crazy and peculiar animal and also a very old species. Some time ago I created one wallpaper with nautilus :-)
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~svenmarie Jan 7, 2011
This is really impressive! I never knew Nautili had that many tentacles!
The shell looks so nice and shiny, and I really like how true to nature the colours look!
also the way it's peeking out at the world from that eye is completely adorable!
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~DarthChinchi Dec 25, 2010
Damn...
So basicly I have to quit school and learn how to do this... Yep, that's what I'm going to do...

When looking at the thumb it looked like the real deal. Looks a bit more fluffy when you see it up close, but I can only imagine how amassing it must look IRL.
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~FamiliarOddlings Dec 27, 2010  Professional General Artist
Haha! I understand the feeling but don't throw your life away!

Thank you! Yes, the thumb turned out so cool-looking, didn't it? ^_^ It is quite fuzzy IRL too but the movement I managed to get it to have with the weights in the shell make it worth it. I wish I had made a video of it.

Thanks for the wonderful comment! :hug:
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~DarthChinchi Dec 27, 2010
You are welcome :)
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