Textile hoop art, "Sheep beneath the mountains", needle felted picture

A lovely woollen textile picture of sheep grazing in the fields with a mountainous backdrop. The picture has been needle felted onto a piece of backing felt using merino wool fibres, binding them together using a barbed felting needle. After creating the basic background of sky, grass and snowcapped mountains, details of the trees and sheep have been added with a few orange flowers in the foreground. The picture has then been mounted in a 6" (15cm) diameter embroidery hoop and the reverse of the picture has been covered using a piece of white commercial felt.