Get Knitted! Artist creates lifelike sculptures of people and recreates scenes using just just wool

A Finnish artist creates incredible life-sized replicas of people, using just wool.  

Liisa Hietanen, 36, knits life-like everyday scenes including people, bathrooms, food, and trees.

The artist, who has been knitting since she was ten, uses steel rods to make the frames for the models, and adds in details using wool.   

Liisa, from Hämeenkyrö, Finland, told the Sun: ‘I ask people to model and we meet and create the pose.

‘I photograph the person from all directions and take measurements.

‘We might go for coffee. Meanwhile, I study their characteristics.’

She added her subjects are often left ‘stunned’ by her work. 

One of the incredible wool pieces created by Liisa

Seeing double: The artist creates life-like life-sized replicas of people from wool 

Double take: Liisa exhibits her art in everyday settings such as cafes, causing people to look twice

Double take: Liisa exhibits her art in everyday settings such as cafes, causing people to look twice

Liisa Hietanen, 36, from Hämeenkyrö, Finland pictures knitting in a cafe. She has been practising the hobby since she was 10

Liisa Hietanen, 36, from Hämeenkyrö, Finland pictures knitting in a cafe. She has been practising the hobby since she was 10

Mother and child: Liisa shares her art of everyday things, like a young mother breastfeeding

Mother and child: Liisa shares her art of everyday things, like a young mother breastfeeding

Liisa created an image of a tourist taking a picture

A young girl made of wool sitting in a tree

Snapshot: Liisa creates a piece of a woman taking a photo and a young girl sitting in a tree

 



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