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I love creating things. My craft background is in upholstery and needlework and I was a prolific, but average, artist at one stage. Texture and colour have always fascinated me, so it seems natural that these inspirations and skills all combine into creating collector bears in various tone and cloth variations. Each one takes about two days to make as I do not use a sewing machine and every stitch is done by hand.


Sunday 11 March 2012

Black distressed Bear

He's not actually upset, but I did shave his face and various areas of his body to get a different effect! Ruddy mohair got EVERYWHERE. You need a hoover on standby when shaving dense plush mohair... I also went for a different idea with the nose after looking at some Artisan bears from Australia. He's still black and white, but a bit more 'manly'? And instead of using paw pad material, I reversed the fabric to show the grey as on the shaved face.


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