Dreams can become real. Here is the Salamander's latest treasure: a life-sized baby Ivory-billed Woodpecker fitted out with enough magnets to ride comfortably, even on a hike or a long drive. For photo-essay on his construction, see New Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

Welcome to the Salamander Feltworks, where fiber and imagination blend to bring a world to life via the craft of needle felting. Needle felting takes advantage of wool’s natural tooth — the little flanges along each fiber that make it want to hold on to its own kind — to build solid structures out of fluffy wisps. For more on the process, see In the Workshop.

Is there a creature in your heart or home that you’d like to see and keep in felt? A pet? A mythological or heraldic beast? Something from a song or dream or story? E-mail the Salamander and describe what you have in mind. The Salamander may help it come alive for you....