![]() “I’ll come home at night and start on the face, then the next night I’ll finish it,” Facci shares. There has been a lot of trial and error since she started six years ago - from learning what beads work best for eyes to what method makes noses look most realistic (presently, Facci felts the nose and paints it with wax to give it a lifelike sheen).Įach replica takes around three-to-eight hours to complete, depending on the breed. You gradually add in colors from a uniform base and fill in the blanks. The process is similar to painting a watercolor, according to Facci. By poking the wool with a needle, she compacts the material, and by repeatedly stabbing the wool, a shape begins to take place. Once she has her photos, Facci typically begins by crafting the head, using a small piece of wool no larger than a dust bunny. ![]() “I want to get it as close to the actual dog as possible,” she says. Facci prides herself on nailing a dog’s details. She starts every project by requesting a variety of images from the client. It just really makes my job faster,” Facci explains. “They’re just a basic shape with a snout, not even ears. But she still does most of the work herself, although she recently added another person to her operation to craft dog head molds. Eventually, this evolved into astonishingly lifelike canine replicas. A video produced by INSIDER in February showing her process helped expand her client base. She did her own research and honed her skills by purchasing kits and looking at other people’s work.įacci started out crafting little wedding toppers - mostly mice, rabbits, squirrels, and other small creatures. “I couldn’t wait to go home and try it out for myself,” says Facci. ![]() So, where did it all start? Back in 2012, Facci attended an in-store event highlighting a local felter’s work, and the end of the workshop included a segment on needle felting. A remark such as, “I love your work, but this is creepy!” is not unusual for the self-taught artist to hear.īased in Manhattan, Facci keeps a busy schedule, with her 9-to-5 job as creative director at Magnolia Bakery and her increasingly popular side business crafting one-of-a-kind dog sculptures. It still doesn’t hurt raising the matter with your bank as soon as possible to see if any avenues for getting your money back exists.Īnd if you paid by cash or gift cards (hopefully this is not the case for an unknown purchase online as seller usually asking for such payment methods often indicates it is a scam), you will have lost your money.Linda Facci (aka “ The Dog Felterer“) is a perfectionist - and it shows in her amazingly realistic felt dog replicas. If you paid by other means such as electronic bank transfer, it may be impossible to get your money back. Let them know you have paid for a product which is nothing like that advertised and is a scam product. If it was paid by credit card, contact your card issuer immediately and ask for a chargeback. If the seller provides a refund outside the PayPal dispute resolution process, still lodge a complaint with PayPal as often scam product sellers will offer refunds to maintain option to use PayPal as a payment system (if PayPal gets too many complaints about them they may cancel the ability for the seller to use them). Should the seller not provide the refund, you will be lodging a dispute with the PayPal resolution centre. ![]() With PayPal, it is best to contact the seller and say that the product is not as advertised and that you are requesting a refund.
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