12.1

Tao Tao  is a 21” seated and 38" long, OOAK panda bear. Body is made from variegated tan and brown Tissavel fur. German glass eyes are hand painted brown. The nose, tongue, teeth, claws and mouth are hand sculpted resin clay. The muzzle is needle felted wool. The inner eye area and paw pads are leather. 6-way jointed. The arms and legs are attached with Lockline armature, metal bolts, washers and locknuts. Stuffed with poly fiberfill. Polaris is wearing a handmade, hand painted textured leather collar with gold and silver metal spikes attached.

Yolanda Levy - YoYo Bears
California, USA

12.2

Zhen Zhen was created using alpaca fur. OOAK 16” standing. Claws are hand sculpted from epoxy clay. Open-close black glass eyes. Nose is hand sculpted from silicone. Open-close mouth with epoxy sculpted teeth. 5-way jointed and filled with poly-fil and steel pellets. Zhen Zhen has a plastic spine and a steel and brass armature in her paws for posing. 100% hand made.

Svetlana Khabarova - Our Bears

Moscow, Russia

12.3

Baihu is a 14" OOAK panda hand sewn from white and black alpaca. Paw made of leather. 6-way joints with a double neck joint. Wired arms and legs, Lockline spine for posing. Open/close mouth and eyes with hand molded nose and claws. Black wool painted on a needle sculpted muzzle. Stuffed with sheep's wool and soft pellets

Silke Hirschfelder - The Mountaineers
Niedersachen, Germany

12.4

Panda Pal is 3.5" (9cm) tall OOAK and made from black and white, extra long Sassy fur from Europe. Polymer clay nose and is stuffed with wool. 5-way disc jointed.

Kay Cooper - Cooper Bears

Kelmscott, Western Australia

12.5

Liquorice  is a 10" OOAK panda made from three colours of soft, dense Tissavel. Seamed together to give the complex stripe effect.
His trapunto paws, pulled claws, shiny black glass eyes and hand-stitched black nose. 5-way jointed and wears an oversized painted bell on black cord. Liquorice panda’s colours and design were inspired by the Bassetts Allsorts Confectionery in Sheffield, UK.

Christina Metcalfe - A Bear Named Jack
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

12.6

Dante is a panda bear 15.3" tall and made with white, brown and black Alpaca. Black German glass eyes with a hand sculpted nose from black polymer clay. Paw pads and claws are hand sculpted then painted and varnished. 6-way jointed while arms and legs are wired and he has Lockline in his body. Sparse stuffed with poly-fil, wool and steel shots.

Annalisa Taddei - The Tuscany Bear Maker
Tuscany, Italy

12.7

Bamboo  is an 11" brown and cream panda which was created from two recycled mink fur coats. Paw pads are dark brown suede. Black glass eyes and a hand-embroidered brown Perle cotton nose. 5-way jointed and stuffed with polyester fiberfill. She wears a Chinese coin
on a red ribbon around her neck and carries bamboo shoots.

Jane Woodard - Heir Bears
Florida, USA

12.8

Xi-Lu is a 14" OOAK panda bear made of gray and black curly mohair. Black glass eyes with Ultra-suéde eyelids that have been hand-shaded. Hand-stitched nose made of perle cotton. His paws and feet are made out of black Ultra-suéde with hand-sculpted claws. He is fully jointed and stuffed with a mixture of polyester fiber and steel shot. His necklace is made out of beads with cloisonne detailing.

Tyler Crain-Davis - Teds 'n Such

Illinois, USA

12.1

Tao Tao

12.2
Zhen Zhen

12.3
Baihu

12.4
Panda Pal

12.5
Liquorice

12.6
Dante

12.7
Bamboo

12.8

Xi-Lu

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