Mary K. Ryan creates needle-felted birds and other animals, as well wood-burning wall hangings. Her artwork was on display at this year's Nature Art Fest. (Mary Jane Brewer, ...

Winter Birds in Watercolor with Michelle Steffen, 6-8 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 10, Feb. 21 and Mar. 21, $75, teens through adult.

Whether tigers or tortoises, field mice or feathered peacocks, artisanal creatures are a celebration of life itself. By Ligaya Mishan WITH EACH STAB of the needle, the fibers catch, twist and ...

Austin artist Myriam Powell has been creating needle-felted dolls for about a decade. She said it takes days, sometimes weeks, to create a doll.