Orange Crusher and my return

I am back from being, well, on an emotional deep freeze of sorts. I suffer from chronic depression and have been slogging through a new bout. Having been here before I was able to recognize it coming, but I still fell into a space of wanting to do nothing but sleep. Creating was on the back burner. A bad place for me to be, creating is vital to my emotional well being. It is part of who and what I am. Cutting it off is like cutting off a limb. I need it to stay in tact. Fortunately, one afternoon I looked down and saw my pile of wool and felting needles and the need to create lifted me up above depression long enough to begin a new felted project. I suspect my muse has been working overtime trying to wake me up! Orange Crusher is the result of the new call from the muse. I am posting pics of his progress so far, he has a ways to go but he's far enough along that I am ready to share him. This is my first attempt at a fantasy type character, he sort of popped out as I find dolls will do. He is needle felted wool roving over a wire armature. You can see in the photos I have used stuffing wool under the colored roving to build up the under structure.