Thursday, April 2, 2026, 6 – 8 pm
Kaylyn Gerenz
Join us for this special intergenerational felting class where we will transform wool roving into colorful bugs and insects! Learn basic needle felting techniques to create dimensional bees, caterpillars, spiders, and more. Learn to felt spheres, cylinders, and free form shapes, and then fuse them together to make your own fuzzy creature! Open to youth ages 9 to 15 yrs old with an accompanying adult.
Youth ages 15 yrs and under are invited to join with a registered adult at a special rate of $5 per youth participant!
Material fee is $5 per participant, payable to instructor at the time of class.
Instructor Bio:
Kaylyn Gerenz (she/her) is an educator and artist in St. Paul, MN, who started needle felting over a decade ago. She uses fiber as a main element in her professional artwork to communicate the urgency to document memories and history, and continues to explore the idea of flesh and fabric as evocative containers. She recently received her MFA in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, where she taught a visual culture course for two years. kaylyngerenz.com
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