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Leslie Heim | Copper Moth Studio
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Leslie Heim | Artist | Copper Moth Studio
Fiber, Oil Pastel & Mixed Media | Nature-inspired | Collector-focused
Twitch: Mon & Wed Art Streams https://www.twitch.tv/coppermoth_studio
Linktree https://linktr.ee/coppermothstudio
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Starting work on an ink-cap mushroom while streaming. Link in bio.
#fiberart #sculpture #artist #mushroom #needlefelt
Sketchbook in background with ink cap mushroom sketches, foreground shows short nose pliers holding 3 twisted wires and the start of an armature
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Here's the finished landscape from today's studio stream.
Oil pastel on toned gray mixed media paper 12"x9"
#oilpastel #artist #fineart #landscape #painting #drawing
An impressionistic oilpastel drawing of a small waterfall surrounded by bright green trees and plant life.
September 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Hi, I’m Leslie Heim, the artist behind Copper Moth Studio. I create nature-inspired fiber sculptures and paintings, blending traditional art techniques with fiber art. Each piece is crafted with care and attention, making it truly one-of-a-kind — a journey stitched one fiber at a time.
A large glass cloche is center with a soft sculpture inside it. Back ground is blurry. The soft sculpture is of a Full grown Yellow Fly Agaric mushroom with a green curly wool ground, that it appears to of grown out of.
August 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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May I present my needle felted take on 3 marasmius sullivantii mushrooms in a mini terracotta pot. They have already gone on to their new home. I am working on 6 new potted mini mushrooms that will need a home soon. #softsculpture #artist #mushrooms #fiberart #minisculpture #art
Outdoor photo: mini needlefelt sculpture of 3 orange marasmius sullivantii mushrooms in a 2 inch terracotta pot. It sits on an old brick that is stacked in front on butterfly weed plants. It's in full sun.
August 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Working on these tiny orange mushrooms for stream today. First, lunch. Link in profile to stream. Starts about 1 pm eastern.
#mushrooms #softsculpture #fiberart
Three small orange capped narrow stemed mushrooms on a bright blue background. The mushrooms are in a messy vertical row, stems facing left. A needle felt tool is punched into the background on the top right.
July 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Look at this beauty! I'm delivering it to Art Link tomorrow for the 47th member's Showcase. #softsculpture #fiberart #art #artist #mushroom #sculpture #fiberartist #flyagaric
Artist holds up a life sized softsculpture of a mature Yellow Fly Agaric in front of her face hiding her mouth and chin.
June 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The 8 ounces of wool I scoured yesterday is dry and ready for carding. I'm processing another pound worth this morning. Later today I'll work on picking and carding during stream. #fiberartist #wool #fiberart #artstudio
A white Mesh pop up laundery basket holds 8 ounces of clean fluffy cream sheep's wool.
May 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Scouring wool for future needle sculpting! This wool is from Gulf Coast sheep. #wool #fiberarts #woolscouring #softsculpture #artist
Table covered in an old white sheet with net bags being filled with rinsed but not yet scoured sheep fleece. Fiber is being weighed and distributed into the bags.
May 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Today in stream I'll be continuing my work on this mature form of an Amanita mascara var. guessowii, the American yellow fly agaric. See you around 1:30 pm eastern?
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#mushroom #fiberart #artstudio #needlefelting #softsculpture
View of a softsculpture in progress on a foam work surface. The sculpture is a mushroom.
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Yellow fly agaric mushroom, wool soft sculpture. Finished this last week and delivered it. #softsculpture #fiberart #mushroom #wool #artstudio

4th attempt..
Smiling artist holds her sculpture in the flat of her hand. The sculpture is a life sized yellow fly agaric made from wool. It appears to be growing in a flat terracotta dish with green moss. Underside of the mushroom sculptures cap showing the detail of the gills, veil, and stem base.
May 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I had a rough April, and in a couple days I will be putting my grandmother to rest.
Thus why it's been quiet.
I've been back to working though and I'll have a mushroom sculpture to share shortly. In the meantime I've the best co-worker..as you can see. #softsculpture #artist #cats #fiberart
Thistle, a calico cat, rests her head on the edge of a large foam work surface. The rest or her body is on her mom's lap. Her mom works carefully on a strip of cream wool with a single felting needle. Thistle sleeps.
May 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Today is LYS (local yarn store) day. My local shop has the cutest DelaQ bag with a madtosh skein. I have no yarn at home... of course I bought it! I also had to get a skein of Bad Sheep yarn to go with it, as one does. #knitter #lysday #yarn
Who else bought yarn today?
April 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Listened to an Ologies episode on the way home from camping about .. SNAILS but not what you think. bsky.app/profile/olog...
I like snails, I drew this a couple years ago and it is NOT xenophobic like those in the manuscripts! Just a little Macabre is all. #snail #snaillove #lineart #artist #art
Black ink line art of a snail looking at the viewer and has the top half of a human skull for it's shell.
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I needed to pause and pile the knitting together I have finished.
The self esteem boost is good from seeing it all. I needed that.

Everything needs a blocking, the blue shawl I recnetly finished needs ends woven in.
#knitting #fiberartist
A layout of finished hand knitting, 6 stocking hats: 2 are dark blue, 1 dark aqua, 1 liacs, 1 red and white, 1 dark blue with multi coloured flecks, and a purple gradiant cowl, all lay on top of large shawl in light and dark blue. The knit wear takes up most of the photo. A large triangular shawl is spread out on a table. The shawl is to big for the table, the left and right corners of the shawl are folded in. The shawl is not spread out smoothly. It is orientated with the top of the shawl at the bottom of the photo and it's point is at the top. The shawl is mostly a mottled light blue and it has a small dark blue stripe three quarters of the way down and also a dark blue edge at the bottom. There is a texture to shawl in the main body that is stranded loops around sections of knit. The edge is a lace pattern that ends in ruffle looking lace and ribbed edging since the shawl has not been blocked out yet. It still has some yarn strands hanging needing to be woven in. A hand knit purple gradiant cowl lays on top of a chroma key green background. The colour gradient is dark purple, light purple, dark purple, light purple, and dark purple. This causes a high contrast effect. The cowl has an alternating ribbed pattern that has been wrapped to cause cinched effect in the ribbing. This looks like alternating V shipped columns. A transparent plastic tote bin sits on a table. The bin contains hand knits that are waiting to be wet blocked. It contains 6 hats and a cowl.
March 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Started working on some mushrooms today during stream. #needlefelting #fiberartist #softsculpture
March 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Finished creating a new cushion for my metal bird pincushion. It is much more enjoyable and very functional for the job. You can see the original cushion in one of the photos, it was rough cotton over closed cell foam. Now it's 100% wool.
#fiberart #artist #softsculpture #fiberartist #needlefelting
Front view: A metal song bird painted to look like brass with a purple conflower for it's back. The purple cone flower is made of wool and functions as a pin cushion. The pincushion has multiple different straight pins and sewing needles stuck in it. The backdrop is a Terry cloth rag that is covered on random paint. Back view: A metal song bird painted to look like brass with a purple conflower for it's back. The purple cone flower is made of wool and functions as a pin cushion. The pincushion has multiple different straight pins and sewing needles stuck in it. The backdrop is a Terry cloth rag that is covered on random paint. Close view: A metal song bird painted to look like brass with a purple conflower for it's back. The purple cone flower is made of wool and functions as a pin cushion. The pincushion has multiple different straight pins and sewing needles stuck in it. The backdrop is a Terry cloth rag that is covered on random paint. Front view with old back: A metal song bird painted to look like brass with a purple conflower for it's back. The purple cone flower is made of wool and functions as a pin cushion. The pincushion has multiple different straight pins and sewing needles stuck in it. In front of the bird is the old back. It has a cream coloured rough fabric and has been stretched around hard foam to a sort of egg or pillow shape. The base of it has tape keeping it closed forming a sort of steam. The backdrop is a Terry cloth rag that is covered on random paint.
March 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I finished that little ball I made by needle felting. #fiberarts #needlefelting
February 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Here is the little needle felted ball I'm currently creating for practice. Just added a small sparkly star. (No sound) #fiberart #needlefelting #mixedmedia #fiberartist #softsculpture #artist
February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM