5.1

Bevan is an OOAK standing 16" tall and made from rust and ivory, dense, Schulte mohair. He has cayenne, Ultra-suede paw pads, black, English glass eyes and black, Perle cotton, waxed and set nose and mouth. Filled with heavyweight poly-fiber. He is 5-way cotter pin jointed.

Brendan Daly

Brendan's Bears - Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

5.2

Bernie is 18" seated. He has long legs and huge feet and made from a golden mohair which includes his back feet. Ultra-suede paws and sewn-on back feet. Fully jointed and has armatures in his front arms so that he can strum his guitar! German glass eyes and wears a hippie band tied around his head.

Sandra Czaja

Notchlok Bears - Arizona, USA

5.3

Applejack is a 20" teddy bear created from dense curly German mohair in gold with soft brown tips. He has velvet paws. Scissor sculpted muzzle to reveal his gold undercoat and hand painted glass eyes to give him a real twinkle in his eye! He has a hand embroidered nose. 5-five way jointed. Stuffed with polyester fibre and plastic pellets for weight and he has a traditional tilt growler in his tummy. Applejack wears a hand made cotton print collar.

Paula Carter

All Bear - Maidstone Kent, United Kingdom

5.4

Tundra is an 18" white and grey tipped mohair teddy bear with German glass eyes that are hand painted a metallic blue, needle felted face, lockline neck for movement, wire armature in both arms. Two different types of grey textured upholstery fabric on the trapunto paw pads and inner ears, 5-ay joints, resin claws, multicolored antique charm necklace around the neck area, poly fiberfill batting, metal pellets added for weight The face, inner ears and paw pads are airbrushed and hand painted. 

Yolanda Levy

YoYo Bears - California, USA

5.5

Brayden is designed to sit. OOAK 38cm (15") tall and created from two tones of hand dyed mohair and has a scissor sculpted face. His eyes are beige and brown glass with needle felted accents. His nose, inner ears and paw pads are needle felted and sealed. Filled with a combination of wool, poly and steel shot.

Kim Russell

Russell Bears - Ocean Reef, Western Australia

5.6

Grizzelda is 17" tall and made from a  smokey grey/green long alpaca fur with Aubergine suede pulled paws. Nose and muzzle are needle felted to a tight finish and then hand shaded with inks. Grizzelda has

a double neck joint and is 6-way jointed with wooden disc's and locknuts. English amber glass. Filled with wool, polyester and steel shot.

Linda Down

Lombard Bears Australia - Albany, Western Australia

5.7

Brodie is 16" tall and 5-way cotter pin jointed. OOAK and hand stitched from soft, honey brown plush. His contrasting paw pads, inner ears and eyelids are created from chestnut brown ultra-suede. Face is scissor sculpted and shaded with copic markers to create definition and his black glass eyes are highlighted with white ultra-suede to give him a sad, longing expression. Brodie has a brown embroidered mouth and heart shaped nose and is stuffed with a combination of polyester filling and steel shot.

Mrs Lynn Smith

Beary Tales - Methil Fife, United Kingdom

5.8

Oscar is an OOAK who is 17.7" tall. Made of dense and curled golden blond mohair and paw pads are made of sculptured and colored ultra-suede. Black glass eyes. His nose is embroidered in brown cotton and waxed with beeswax. Mouth is made of brown cotton. 4-way jointed with nuts and bolts and a wobble joint for the head. Filled with polyester fiber and weighted with glass pellets.

Claudie Reymond

Ours des 4Saisons - Marseille, France

5.9

Tortilla is a 12" bear and made of Tissavel faux fur. His paw-pads are made of leather and his claws are sculpted of epoxy clay. Tortilla’s face has been needle felted with fur that has then been rooted into the felt to give a natural look. Black glass eyes. 4-way jointed and instead of a neck joint he has a plastic armature spine running from his head down to his tail and this armature allows him to pose easily, it is also in his front and back legs. Filled with a combination of wool, polyester, soft pellets, and bbs. 

Joanne Livingston

Desertmountainbear - Arizona, USA

5.10

Big Feast bear is 13.5" tall. Fully jointed and made of German tipped mohair. Glass eyes. Needle felted face, eye lids and mouth. Needle sculpted paws and with hand made clay claws. Poly-filled. He holds a needle felted fish that he caught. The fish has a pair glass fish eyes  and hand embroidered details on the body.

Gloria Chan Ching Yee  

Gloria Handicraft Studio - Hong Kong

5.11

Snowflake is 12" and is made with white German mohair and her paw pads are faux suede.  Snowflake has blue glass eyes and her nose is blue perle cotton outlined in black. She is stuffed with polyester stuffing and glass beads. 5-way jointed and is wearing a blue bow

and a 3 crystal snowflake necklace.  

Dian Pete

Bears for Pete's Sake - Wisconsin, USA

5.12

Gentle spirit is 11" tall and made from mohair. Firmly felted muzzle and nose using roving felt. Strands of mohair rooted into felted face, then trimmed. Eyes, mouth and ears with shaded with prismacolor markers. The nose was sealed with mod podge and sanded several times. A slight open mouth. The claws are made of glass beads. Paw pads made from leather. 4-way jointed using disks, lock nuts and bolts. There is no neck joint because a Lockline runs from the head down the body to the tail like a spine. It is a type of plastic armature that bends every which way for posing. His arms and legs also have the armature. Softly stuffed with a combination of polyester, pellets and bbs for weight, which allows for better movement.

Linda Hearn

Critters Creations - Ontario, Canada

5.14

Jake is inspired by photos of indigenous people and is 12" tall and made of rainbow mohair. He is fully jointed with double jointed neck. Black glass eyes, needle-felted face and nose and he wears a red mohair wig. Like most indigenous people, he wears nothing but a breechclout. He has needle-felted body paintings as decorations too.

AntieLeung

Leung Wai Fun Antie - Hong Kong

5.15

Nicholas is a 14" bear made from red Tissavel faux fur with black guard-hairs. 5 way jointed using nut and bolt joints. Filled with heavyweight filler and small pouches of glass beads in his paws, feet and tummy. His face has been extensively needle sculpted and scissor sculpted then gently shaded around the eyes, nose, ears, mouth and cheek areas using black copic markers. Nicholas's paw pads are made from red Ultra-suede. Trapunto style pads which have been sewn onto the foot then gently stuffed, sculpted and shaded. As a Christmas bear he has been finished off with a green satin ribbon with a holly berry and candy cane corsage.

Janice McLeod

Jigpaws - Edinburgh, Scotland

5.16

Emmet is 12.5" tall. He is made with dense, antique curled German mohair and has shaded wool felt paw and foot pads. Black glass German eyes and a waxed and buffed embroidered nose on his scissor trimmed muzzle. 5-way disc jointed and is filled with high-loft polyester and stone pellets. He is wearing twine with a rusty bell and antique like key around his neck. OOAK.

Erin Roy

Bears*n*Bling - Ontario, Canada

5.17

Jingo stands 14" tall and is made from long pile German mohair in tipped brown and winter white with sculpted mid brown colored cashmere paw pads. English black glass eyes which have been accented with white and hand shaded and 5-way cotter pin jointed and stuffed with polyester and steel shot. His nose and mouth are embroidered in black and stone color and his nose and the tips of his ears have been hand shaded. OOAK and sporting an orange ruff and gold tone bell around his neck.

Lynn Bowie

Madabout Bears - Dalry Ayrshire, Scotland

5.18

Pepper is an OOAK created from a recycled raccoon fur coat. His fur

is chocolate brown with natural shades of dark brown and light tan tipping running through it. 16 inches tall. Paw pads are tan suede. He has black glass eyes and a hand-embroidered dark brown Perle cotton nose that has been lightly waxed. Muzzle has been carefully scissors-sculpted. 5-way jointed and stuffed with polyester fiberfill.  He wears a brown and beige bow.      

Jane Woodard

Heir Bears - Florida, USA

5.19

Stars and Stripes is 15 1/2" bear made from dyed and bleached recycled raccoon fur. His face is extensively scissor sculpted. His glass eyes are a dark amethyst with white and brown accenting. Arms have armatures. Paw pads are a cream Ultra-suede and embroidered with stars and stripes.

Diana Watts

DiBears - Florida, USA

5.20

Nicholas is a OOAK 18" bear that was created from honey colored plush synthetic fur. His matching suede cloth paw pads are applique trapunto-sculpted. 5-way jointed and filled with a combination of polyfill and pellets. His face is needle and scissor sculpted and his hand-embroidered perle cotton nose is waxed and sealed. German glass eyes are set atop a white eye base. His paw pads, face, and inner ears have been lightly shaded. Nicholas wears a sprig of faux greenery decorated with berries and pinecones which is attached to a bow created from wired ribbon in traditional Christmas plaid.

Brenda Parker

BrendaBears - Wyoming, USA

5.1
Bevan

5.2
Bernie

5.3
Applejack 

5.4
Tundra

5.5
Brayden

5.6
Grizzelda

5.7
Brodie

5.10
Big Feast

5.11
Snowflake

5.12
Gentle Spirit

5.14
Jake

5.15
Nicholas

5.16
Emmett

5.17
Jingo

5.18
Pepper

5.19
Stars & Stripes

5.20
Nicholas

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