The Pasty Pirate - A fun wet felted and mixed media picture

The Pasty Pirate with his stolen treasure!

Lyn

Back in 2012 I made a wet felt & mixed media picture of The Pasty Pirate inspired by various trips to the seaside - Seagulls are notorious for stealing food from tourists in UK seaside towns. The cheeky birds behave like pirates – swooping in and stealing the treasure – pasties are a favourite!

There are lots of signs in seaside towns asking visitors to be careful when eating their takeaway food so it does not get pinched from above! We are asked not to actively feed the birds as it's bad for them for the same reasons it's bad for us to eat lots of fast food. Also, they get used to an easy, unhealthy junk food diet rather than fishing for seafood and eating insects.

They are lovely birds, absolutely full of character, so after watching them many times I felt inspired to make another picture :)

Update: 30 Jan 2023 - A tutorial for this version of the pasty pirate - pictured above - is now available as one of the projects in our latest instructional PDF, 'Creative Feltmaking', in our Etsy Shop

'Creative Feltmaking' is a bumper 142 pages of colourful feltmaking fun for beginners and for those who already enjoy feltmaking.

It shows you, step-by-step, how to make your first piece of flat wet felt, how to make pre-felt, how to use other surface design materials and an introduction to flat needle felting.  Then shows how to create 9 fun picture projects using a range of styles and techniques. All of the projects can be personalised by choosing and using your favourite colours!

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