Our store owner Tracy Laasch is a mixed media/needle felting sculpture artist in Phoenix, Arizona where her sculptural fiber art is sold & collected by art lovers across the U.S. Her sculptures are exhibited and sold in multiple galleries in the Scottsdale, Phoenix, and surrounding areas, and yearly in November through The Hidden In The Hills Studio Art Tour in Carefree/Cave Creek Arizona, which is the largest art tour in the Southwest U.S. As an artist, Tracy explored many art forms throughout her life, but found her passion with needle felting, and it was love at first stab. Creating whimsical, lovable, story book style, animals that tell their tales in 3-D form, are the hallmark’s of Tracy’s endearing, art sculptures. Her sculptures feature playful, anthropomorphic animals that are reminiscent of the sweet characters she read about in children’s books as a child. Created entirely by hand using armature wire, fine quality wool, barbed needles, and occasionally sculpting clay and/or vintage found objects used in an unconventional way, the sculptures are brought to life as extremely detailed works of art. Each completed sculpture is finished off with her signature artist tag, a hidden butterfly, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Tracy ’s favorite part though, is watching the smiles and laughs on people’s faces when they see her sculptures, and hearing about the fond memories that they bring to people when they see them.