Plush Piggies

I've been working on some custom soft-sculpture plush guinea pigs this week. I think they've turned out pretty cool! There's a big fantasy rainbow pig, a baby rainbow pic and a tri-colour coronet.


This is Isla, the baby-sized rainbow piggy.


And this is her mum Genevieve.


The rainbow fur works really well for plush piggies! I might have to try and find some more!

mohair baby guinea pigs

I've been messing around with a 'baby mohair guinea pig' design this week - this is my journey in pictures!

Design attempt no. 1: (not really what I was aiming for)


Design attempt no. 2: (tried to simplify the ears, but still not quite right, eyes too big?)


Design attempt no. 3: (now not only are the eyes not right, but the ears are just weird! - too simplified now, will try adding more detail next time)


Design attempt no. 4: (added hand sculptured nose/eyelids. But the eyes look a little too sleepy, nose sticks out too far)


Design attempt no. 5: (changed the ears again, lowered the nose and pulled back the eyelids. Much better, but now the face is too narrow and rat-like!)


Design attempt no. 6: FINAL DESIGN! (Now this one I am happy with! Added whites to the eyes, and changed the head gusset slightly to fatten the face. At last!)



All of my prototypes/proper plush guinea pigs are now listed on etsy too.

Some of my plush guinea pigs

Got some photos of the plush guinea pigs to share :) I've called the design 'Stardust', and am in the process of popping them on bearpile if you're interested. I also thought I'd take some photos of the plush piggys with the new little babies I adopted this morning. The babies are silver agouti too, so it shows the real version next to the plush version really nicely.