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This Japanese Artist Creates Cute And Realistic Cats Through Needle Felting (27 Pics)

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Mayumi Yamamoto is a Tokyo-based needle felt artist renowned for her exceptional talent in creating hyper-realistic portraits of cats through the art of needle felting.

Born and raised in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, Mayumi has nurtured a lifelong love for cats, which serves as the primary inspiration for her art. Despite the absence of formal education in this unique craft, she mastered the technique through diligent self-learning, experimenting with various materials and methods to perfect her realistic feline creations.

Using a combination of synthetic cotton for the base and sheep wool for the fur, she brings to life the intricate details of each cat's appearance, capturing their diverse colors, patterns, and expressions with remarkable precision.

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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I’ll have a treble thanks. 8 months ago

Big wow

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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Ms. Mack 8 months ago

The poses and facial "expressions" are just so spot on.

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

Someone's grumpy😜

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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Ms. Mack 8 months ago

So beautiful.

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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bElLa sTairZz 8 months ago (edited)

cant belive they got the fur to sit like that with needle felting, truly impressive

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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I’ll have a treble thanks. 8 months ago

This lady is an incredible artist

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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I’ll have a treble thanks. 8 months ago

Almost impossible to tell which is the real one!

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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LightYagami 8 months ago

I thought it was Mayumi Yamamoto? It's Mayumi Yokoyama in this?

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

awwww <3

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

Hide and seek situation....

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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Philly Bob Squires 8 months ago

Blep!

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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bElLa sTairZz 8 months ago

alot of the time when cats do this its because their mimicing their owner, same goes for sitting on your keyboard!

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

Tiger is his name!

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MAKtheknife 8 months ago

Mew!

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

"Purr"

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Terry Tobias 8 months ago

That's disconcerting.

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Lori T Wisconsin 8 months ago

Agreed!

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

*stares into distance*

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alaina66 8 months ago

My FAVORITE! The orangie!! XO

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Sydney B. 8 months ago

Chonk

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Japanese Artist Creates Cute, Realistic Cats With Felted Wool (Interview)

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CR7_FAN 8 months ago

This one looks cute. I. SHALL .NAME. IT..... Kiki, which means 'double happiness'

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Gary Geracci 8 months ago

I don't mean to be silly. I love cats so much and She has done an absatively ,posolutely, gorgemous job here!,OY!

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Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Diana Lopetaitė

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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Sojourner 8 months ago

Oh boy. These looked way too real, lol.

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Danish Susanne 8 months ago

These cats look so lifelike. The Birman looked exactly like my old Misha.

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Lori T Wisconsin 8 months ago

All are beautiful, she has great talent. A wonderful way to honor a precious cat ❤️

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Sojourner 8 months ago

Oh boy. These looked way too real, lol.

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Danish Susanne 8 months ago

These cats look so lifelike. The Birman looked exactly like my old Misha.

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Lori T Wisconsin 8 months ago

All are beautiful, she has great talent. A wonderful way to honor a precious cat ❤️

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