Nancy Tillberg

Inspired by her late father, an expert leather worker and shoemaker, Nancy Tillberg has been crafting unique teddy bears from fur coats and mohair since 1994. Her bears regularly appear in ads in Teddy Bear and Friends Magazine. Each year she conducts several workshops teaching the art of bear making to students in Canada and from as far away as Australia. Nancy creates hundreds of bears through her business Kran-Beary's. Krause Publications published her book Teddy Bears With a Past: Creating...See more

Inspired by her late father, an expert leather worker and shoemaker, Nancy Tillberg has been crafting unique teddy bears from fur coats and mohair since 1994. Her bears regularly appear in ads in Teddy Bear and Friends Magazine. Each year she conducts several workshops teaching the art of bear making to students in Canada and from as far away as Australia. Nancy creates hundreds of bears through her business Kran-Beary's. Krause Publications published her book Teddy Bears With a Past: Creating Treasured Teddies from Old Furs and Plush Fabrics in 2000. She currently resides in Ontario, Canada. See less