Pondlings

Pondlings – Litter of 3

Needle felted and mixed media imaginary animal sculptures. Pond dwelling creatures with lily pad camouflage.

Each approximately 11″ high.

 

Polliwogs

Polliwogs – Litter of 3

Needle felted and mixed media imaginary animal sculptures. Roly-poly water dwellers with frilly gills. Each approximately 6″ high.

 

Pronged Pupae

Pronged Pupae – Litter of 3

Needle felted and mixed media imaginary animal sculptures. Forest-dwelling pupae with green horns and brown bunny-like ears. Each approximately 8″ tall.

 

Blue Donkey

Blue Donkey – Litter of 2

Mixed media needle felted sculptures. These sculptures stand approximately 7″ high,  8.75″ long and 5″ wide. (17.5 cm x 22 cm x 12.5 cm).

Snowballs

Snowballs – Litter of 3

Needle felted and mixed media imaginary animal sculptures.

Each is approximately 7″ high x 10″ long and 9.5″ wide and weigh 1 lb 6 oz. Edition of 3.

Fortune Tellers

Fortune Tellers – Litter of 2

Mixed Media felt and epoxy clay imaginary animals. The Fortune Tellers have impossibly long and flexible limbs with fire bright fur. Fortune teller 2 (the taller sculpture) is 11.5″ high, is 6″ long and 6″ wide. It weighs 252 grams/8.9 oz.

Fortune teller 1 is 7.5″ high, is 8″ long and 4″ wide. It weighs 234 grams/8.2 oz.

 

 

Winter Beasts

Winter Beasts – Litter of 3

Mixed media needle felted sculptures. Snow loving beasts with curled snowball topped horns and snow encrusted feet. These creatures are always hoping snowflakes will fall.

Each is approximately 9″ high x 5″ wide x 8″ long.

Hopeful Monsters

Hopeful Monsters – Litter of 6

Blue/grey creatures white curly chest hair. These awkward and lovable animals have flippers, pink elephant-like noses and large ears.

Felt and mixed media limited edition sculptures. Edition of 6.

 

Sea Horse

Sea Horse – Litter of 4

Each approximately 7″ high, 6″ wide and 9″ long. Weighing about 400 grams/ 14 ounces. Edition of 4. The first in the litter is seated, the last 3 have wave-like bodies.

 

Reverie

Reverie (Nocturnal Spotted Lamb) – Litter of 5

The Reverie Lambs have a curling horn with a starburst like detail at the end. Each approximately 10″ high, 4″ wide and 8″ long. Edition of 5.

 

Buffalump - animal metamorphosis sculpture - Karina Kalvaitis

Buffalump

Metamorphosis (Buffalump) – Litter of 5

I tend to use animal hybrids to depict and explore states of mind. Metamorphosis explores that in-between time when internal changes are happening though outwardly there is little movement. Consider a cocoon or a plant bulb, the end results of the changes within are life-altering and unstoppable. Some life changes can feel like this, we feel a sense of dormancy, even as everything is changing and re-arranging within.

This sculpture was inspired by my drawing of the same name.

Each approximately 8.5″ long, 6″ wide and 5″ tall. Weight about 400 grams. Edition of 5.