9.1

Mr. Bojangles is a poor homeless bear he and his dog spend a lot of time on street but he takes very good care of his puppy. He is 18" tall and is made from mohair and has been hand painted. His little dog is made from alpaca. Bojangles pushes a cart filled with his treasures.

Kay Cooper

Cooper Bears - Australia

9.2

Rodeo Time. Kitty is 16” tall and Tex is 21” tall in their leather cowboy boots. Kitty has German glass eyes and Tex has shoe button eyes. Both are 5-way jointed, poly-filled and are created from German mohair. Kitty is wearing a handmade skirt, matching scarf and deer skin vest. Tex has chaps of deer skin and sheep. Each is wearing a handmade felt western hat. Tex’s hand-tooled leather saddle hangs on a pine and sinew ladder, while Kitty is on a bale of hay. Kitty and Tex are OOAK.

Bette Carter

Trunk Bears - United States

9.3
Happiness Is an OOAK, 19" tall and made from soft, curly light brown mohair. Ultra-suede paw pads-5-way jointed-Imported glass eyes-Embroidered nose-Poly-fil stuffing. His little Bluebird of Happiness is made from blue and yellow mohair with bead eyes and hand sculpted beek and feet. 

Bird sits in a nest with eggs so she can be put back in the tree to raise the babies.

Serieta Harrell

Sersha Bears by Serieta

United States

9.4

Melisande is an 18" mohair bear with glass eyes and faux suede paw pads.  She is 5-way jointed with armature in the neck and wire in the arms.  Melisande wears a batik cotton dress with wired ribbon trim.  Her stand is wired to the woodland scene which includes several small commercially made animals. The squirrel and chickadee are needle felted by the artist.

Martha Burch

Martha's Bears - United States

9.5

Little Oscar is 10" tall, is made with beige antique curled German mohair and has shaded wool felt paw and foot pads. Black German glass eyes and he has a waxed and buffed embroidered nose. Oscar is 5-way disc jointed and is filled with premium high-loft fiberfill and stone pellets. He is wearing a twine ribbon with a rusty bell and an antique style key around his neck. His toy Giraffe is 10" tall, is made with a giraffe print cotton, wool felt, fiberfill, glass eyes and embroidery thread for a mane. His "horns", known as ossicones, are made with wooden beads and skewers. He is affixed to a stained wooden pull-toy base. Oscar and his toy Giraffe are OOAK.

Erin Roy

Bears*n*Bling - Canada

9.6
Hakuna Matate are a team of 12" to 13" tall clowns. They are happy together. Made of German mohair with needle felted faces wearing colorful shoes. Glass eyes, shaved mohair paws. Costumes were made of denim, felt and lace.

Chole Yau

Chole Hand Made Bear
Hong Kong

9.7

Lovely Couple named Ken and Karen. 13" tall and made from German mohair with Ultra-suede paw pads. 5-way jointed with cotter pins and discs. Their arms can bend. The bridegroom wears a vest, hat and golden bow tie. The bride wears a strapless wedding gown with an elegant sequin veil. She holds a brunch of hand made Thailand flowers. They are ready for their wedding.

Idy Law

Idy Creations - Hong Kong

9.8

Both Jojo and Perla are made of pink sparse mohair, fully jointed and have black glass eyes accentuated by wool felt shadowing. 11.5" and 10" tall respectively. Jojo has her red hair in a bun embellished with a flower wreath. She wears a sparsely sequined dress with a matching lace scarf and a rose charm leather bracelet. Perla has off white hair with bangs. She wears a 2-piece dress and a pink floral headband.

Antie Leung
Hong Kong

9.9
Panda Jester and his scepter are made of recycled mink fur and various vintage silk, wool and cotton fabrics. 19.5" tall. Over his made-on corduroy bodysuit is an artist-made jacket, vest and trousers.  All clothing is tailored and includes lining, piping, binding and Czechoslovakian glass buttons. He and his scepter wear cotton fringe collars and matching tams. Each sports an embroidered nose and German glass eyes over suede and fur appliqued eye patches.  Panda Jester stands firmly in his antique Chinese platform shoes. 

Lori Simon

Forbearsake - United States

9.10
Les Misérables, inspired by the famous musical, the scene in which Jean Valjean rescues little Cosette from her stepparents. Bears measure 3.2”/8cm and 2.2”/5.5cm and are made from microfibre. Both have black German glass-eyes with modelled eye-lids and an  open mouth with modelled teeth and are stuffed with fibrefil and steelshot.

Natascha Sabo

LeftyBears - Germany

9.11
All three of these little bears which range in size from under 5" to 7" and are made from mohair. They have Ultra-suede paw pads, black German glass eyes, perle cotton noses, cotter pin and hardboard disc joints,  polyester fiberfill stuffing and  steel shot for weight. Papa Bear is wearing overalls. Baby Bear just has his ice cream cone and Mama Bear is wearing a cotton pinafore dress. Their picnic includes a wicker basket, drink bottle, glasses and “food” made from a polymer resin, blanket and glasses.

Bettina Groh

Glass Dragon Bears - United States

9.12

Dreamcatcher – The Indian and his horse. The Indian bear is made from brown mohair with Ultra-suede paw pads. 5-way jointed and his arms and legs are wired so he may be posed. He is wearing a breechcloth made of suede, a leather and feather headband and a dreamcatcher around his neck.The horse is needle felted from white and brown wool and is fully wired so that may be posed too. His mane and tail are made from horse hair and decorated with feathers.The OOAK piece is 19” tall.

Margaret Jackson

Pinney Bears - United States

9.14
Bearfoot is a good bear momma. 12.5" tall made from white mohair. Her baby is 6" and made from kid mohair. Both have glass eyes and micro suede paws.

Deanna Slaght

D-Bears - United States

9.15

"Family of Funny Rabbits''. All are disc jointed. Heads are made frp, modeling material. Ears and tail are molded. Toning and each is ndividual hand-painted with acrylic.  Sizes 8", 9" and 10" tall. Cabin and all the furniture filling the house are made by hand. Hangers for clothes, linens, curtains too. OOAK. When creating the vignette a story book was written. which brings them to life.

Oksana Skliarenko

The First Unkrainian Teddy Studio - Ukraine

9.16

Archie is a 9.5" boy who just loves his vintage cream wool rabbit.
He and Rabbit get up to all sorts of adventures when they are together and Archie rarely goes anywhere without him. Made from Schulte long pile mohair with antique boot button eyes. Archie is wearing a pair of handmade 100% cotton dungarees. Poly filled.

Jan Cuming

Jinglebears - New Zealand

9.1

Mr. Bogangles

9.3
Happiness is

9.4
Melisande

9.5
Oscar & Giraffe

9.6
Hakuna Matate

9.7
Lovely Couple

9.8
Girls Chit Chat

9.9
Panda Jester

9.10
Les Misérables

9.11
Teddy Bear Picnic

9.12
Dreamcatcher

9.14
Bearfood & Pregnant

9.15
Funny Rabbit's Family

9.16
Archie

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