I have just completed this commission request for a Character Bear.
He's very different to my usual style and I thoroughly enjoyed working towards creating a completely different head design to fulfill the brief I was given.
I hope you will agree he has a playful and cheeky character :0) . . .
One hundred years ago, on April 10, 1912, the legendary RMS Titanic, left Southampton, England on her maiden voyage to New York City.
Four days into her journey, at 11:40pm on the night of April 14th, she struck an iceberg.
. . . The rest as they say is history.
SAILOR JACK is my RMS Titanic commemorative musical black bear.
He carries the Crows Nest Key which was found to be missing on that fateful night. Could this key have helped to save the Titanic? It's said to be the key to the binoculars locked away in the Crows Nest.
On his tummy he bears the newspaper heading of that day and his black armband marking the fateful year is stitched onto his left arm.
He also wears his White Star Line sailor's hat and his right paw carries the White Star Line flag.
Press the image of the Titanic on his tummy and he quietly plays the Titanic theme music (My Heart Will Go On).
Poor Rupert, he came to me so contorted, he had suffering for many years after being very poorly repaired in the past. He'd also been infested with moths over the course of time and had become very damp and wet around his neck joint causing his joint pin to rust and the wood wool stuffing in his head to stain his fabric. All in all Rupert was in a bad way but I could see through this and knew there was a very handsome bear beneath the surface just begging for help.
Meet Blizzard, he arrived a little later than forecast but he’s ready for a winter wonderland in his cosy fur hood.
Standing at 7" tall he's created from white mohair with glass eyes black as coal and a wet-look nose, he’s a little snow bear.
I hope he melts your heart.
