Dani Ives, a needle genius.

I came across the work of Dani Ives, who paints and draws using the technique of needle felting.  You can read about her here: https://www.daniives.com/
In the meantime take a look at her work!  What blows my mind is how she takes wool felt and makes the eyes of the animals shine, it's incredible!  Enjoy!

Here she shows the progress of her work on the portrait of a dog...