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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.


Thursday 29 November 2012

Christmas Bears!

Two lucky little ladies are getting these in their Christmas Stockings...



Saturday 17 November 2012

#42 Delicate pink with pink paws


This 12" bear was made for my sister-in-law's friend, Janet. She choose a tufted mohair fabric that's made a really character-rich bear. The face is stuffed with wood-wool to make a nice pointy nose, and I spent a lot of time removing and styling the fur to make the features.