Mini Nisse Hat Pin by Laura Berlage

This mini nisse hat pin by fiber artist Laura Berlage is a tiny reminder of Norway. The nisse are household spirits who live on farms especially and help – or hinder, depending on their treatment – the people who live there. 

Find out more about the history of red hats in Norway during WWII on Vesterheim's YouTube Channel.

Laura Berlage is a contemporary Renaissance woman living and working on her family’s century-old homestead farm outside Hayward, Wisconsin. From fiber arts to creative writing, music to storytelling, she never tires of the magic of transforming ideas into form and overlapping narrative and visual. Laura also loves working with the many and beautiful natural materials from her farm – especially the wool from her sheep. Completing her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College in 2011, Laura continues her lifelong passion for learning with engaged, hands-on teaching for small groups to encourage creativity, imagination, and expression.

3 x 2.5 inches.