Needle Felting: Black Bear

Needle Felting: Black Bear

Instructor Laura Berlage

Zoom Class

Thursday, March 10. 2022

1 – 4 p.m. 

Beginners welcome

Ages 12 – adult 

Registration Deadline: February 21

$60.00 if pick up the kit from the LOLA Arts office 

$75.00 if need to have the kit shipped from LOLA office to a residence

Experience the therapeutic magic of needle felting! In this zoom class, artist Laura Berlage will take you on a step-by-step process to transform hand-dyed wool into your very own adorable mini black bear. A great class for beginners, or add new tips to your needle felting skills. Feel the rewarding joy of transforming hand-dyed wool (from Laura’ own flock of sheep!) into 3D.

Material kits for this project will be available a week ahead of time. The kit includes enough wool to make two black bears, so you can continue the felting fun after class. Your kit will arrive with a video link that takes you through the entire process as a reminder when you make your second bear.  Since it is a zoom class, you can do it with a friend/relative from across the country!  

Items Needed for Class

-Material Kit

-Sturdy work surface or table, good light and a pair of scissors

-A Zoom access link will be emailed to all registrants prior to scheduled class.

About the Instructor – Laura Berlage is a contemporary Renaissance woman who resides and works on her family’s century-old homestead farm located outside Hayward, WI. From fiber arts to creative writing, music to storytelling, she enjoys the magic of transforming an idea into form and overlapping narrative and visual. Laura received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in 2011. She continues her passion for mentoring others to encourage creativity, imagination and expression through an engaged hands-on teaching approach.