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Esmerldas May 23, 2006

We’re here!  After we checked into the motel, we went in to visit for a moment with the people who were here to take the class with Jennifer Laing.  They were doing extreme makeovers! 

Here’s Jennifer teaching the class.  She was doing drawings and demonstrations of how she “remakes” different parts of the bears that came for makeovers.  She talked about feet and faces and how to use sculpting, markers and scissors to make the bears look great (hey, there were needles, but no botox!)

See all the bears laying on the table?  These are the ones the students brought for the class.  Soon we’ll see all of them appearing as transformed bears, made into superstars!!

Dilu May 24, 2006

Oh what a fun project!  I wish we could all be there!

Eileen May 24, 2006

DITTO--this class looks fantastic. More more more!!

SueAnn Help Advisor, Banner SponsorMay 24, 2006

Yes . . . we want more from Lois!!

Tammy May 24, 2006

What a great report.  It is so fun to see the shows that I'll probably never get to attend in person.  Thanks a million for sharing with us.   :clap:

edie May 24, 2006

Now that would be a REALLY fun class to take - just seeing what everyone else did to "recreate" their bear and the ideas everyone could share! It would be a barrel of laughs I'm sure - can just imagine some of the comments!
Bear hugs, Edie

Mark May 25, 2006

This was a great class to take.  I highly recommend it if it comes your way.  This was my first teddy bear related class and I can see how some little nips and tucks and coloring can make a huge difference.  We touched on many topics; needle sculpting the face and paws, adding an open mouth both at the design stage and adding an open mouth to a finished bear.  I wouldn't have believed you could do it to a finished bear but I saw Luann of Lulu bears add an open mouth to her finished bear and it looked like it was there all along!  We also did some coloring with Copic markers, added eye lids, put different finishes on noses, talked about adding teeth and claws, coloring the backs of clear glass eyes and many other things of which I don't remember at this time.

The really impressive thing was when Jennifer brought out her bag of tricks.  It reminded us of the little cars filled with clowns in the circus where the clowns keep coming and coming and coming.  There's no way she could have kept all those tools in that bag without a secret compartment. :)

Happy bear trails,

Mark