Needle Felted Ornaments

Learn the magical skill of needle felting while creating one of these beautiful Christmas Balls. You choose your design, and after completing the white or base color, we'll take you through the process, step by step guiding with as much individual attention and assistance as you need.  It's easier than you may think to felt one of these delightful heirloom quality beauties, and with a little practice, you'll be doing it with speed and accuracy while developing your own unique style.  They make great gifts or keepsakes.  They are so worth the time it takes to make them.     

Karen Charbonneau Zukas has been making all kinds of art and craft for most of her life.  Needle Felting is a recent skill acquired, but she has taken off like a rocket, making sweet little domestic and woodland animals for fun.  She is a graduate of Tufts university and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with a master’s degree in education from Western New England University. She is a recognized portrait painter and potter and former columnist for the Bulletin in Boston. She has been teaching various subjects, primarily advanced ESL, fine art, writing, test prep, debate and humanities; at universities, preparatory, public, private and international schools and community ed in Boston and now locally for over 35 years. She and her family moved back to the south coast in 2013. She is currently working on a book which is a series of short animal stories from her personal experiences. She is the proprietor of Peasantware Pottery in New Bedford and the founder of The New Bedford Art and Cultural Emporium at Kilburn ! Email: kczukas@comcast.net 

Have your GPS take you to 101 West Rodney French Blvd. in New Bedford.  Once there, please park on the end of the building AWAY from the main entrance.  You'll see an ORANGE door that says Mattress Handup...enter there and go up the stairs.  At the top of the stairs...follow small yellow signs for NBACE.  We're right around the corner behind the mural  !!