New Year, New Bear!

I'm so sorry I didn't photograph this large Wendy Boston style bear before I worked on him, it's a first for me but I really didn't expect the camera would see much difference.

However, now he's all washed and cared for there really is a big difference in him, not just for the camera but in the fur too.

I have cleaned him, re-stuffed him and tended to a torn muzzle. His owner will be meeting him tomorrow and I hope she is as surprised as I am with his new found lease of life!

Happy New Birthday Ginger Bear! :0)

Heather

This is Heather, a 12" tall girl bear with sparkly eyes.

Made from a long pile shaggy mohair which I have hand-dyed, she is loosely 5-way cotter pin jointed and stuffed with heavyweight premium polyfil.

I have given her steel grey cashmere paw and foot pads, hand-painted sparkly glass eyes and a nose embroidered in perle cotton.

Heather wears a neck bow in colours of charcoal and pale mauve to match her fur.

PENDLE, The Little Witch Bear

Pendle is a sweet little Lancashire witch bear, she's been keeping busy with the leaf sweeping and looking forward to Halloween when she'll be flying around on her broomstick creating hubble, bubble, toil and trouble .

She stands at 7" tall and is gently weighted with steel shot in her tummy and has a wobbly head joint.

Her bendy hat is adorned with a red rose symbolic of the County of Lancashire and she has a black lace collar tied with a bow and a leather belt.

A Little Diversion

I've been using some techniques that are new for me.  As something a little different from my usual traditional bear, I've created LIQUORICE.  He's got a slightly more contemporary look with upper eyelids made of leather and a painted and glossed nose! :0)

(¯`*•ø,¸¸,TUMBLEWEED,¸,ø•*´¯)

Tumbleweed, a commission bear born on April 29th.  He's a scruffy little mohair bear with a heart stuffed full of love. 'Tumble' enjoys nothing more than clowning around. Standing just over 7" tall he's partly filled with steel shot which gives him his tactile weight. He has shaded features, black glass eyes, a bright spotted neck ruffle and stitches all over his body . . . the result of some of his clowning around and the tumbles he's taken!