Please join us in welcoming the newest member of the Department of Top-Notch Textile Art: Northwest Arkansas-based fiber artist Dani Ives, who creates awesomely realistic needle-felted animals as well as plants and even desserts.
Ives describes her method as “painting with wool,” in which she applies her love of animals and her background in biology to build intricately layered portraits of a variety of flora and fauna.
Many of the animals Ives creates are commissioned custom pet portraits, which are available here. She also sells original pieces and prints of her work via her GoodNaturedArt Etsy shop.
So I’m intrigued by the implication that there are different levels of goose warning. Presumably it goes like this:
Level one: there is no goose in the immediate vicinity and no goose has been spotted recently. However, geese still exist in the world, so we can’t assume total safety. No matter where you are, you are always at least at a level one goose warning.
Level two: geese have been known to occasionally frequent the area, so while there is not a goose present right now, your chances of encountering one are higher than usual.
Level three: geese have been spotted in the area quite recently. May be around, but hiding. Waiting.
Level four: you can see a goose or geese flying above you but they have yet to land and start harassing you actively.
Level five: the goose is there. This is not a drill. You are in direct contact with a goose. Everything is terrible.
Level six: you died.
I don’t know if this is actually IN Canada, but if this isn’t the most Canadian thing ever then I don’t know what is.
I’d say that the ‘London Underground’ gives it away as British 🙂
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