21.

Polar Bear Cub

This polar bear cub is just a few steps away from his mom,

searching for food, fun, or whatever he can find.  Stretched

up on his tippy-toes, he measures about 17 inches tall.  

Created from wonderfully soft alpaca, with double-jointed

neck, little cub-sized tail, hand painted sparkling glass

eyes set into satin cord eyelids, armatures in all four limbs 

to allow posing, embroidered ultrasuede paw pads.  His face

is enhanced with Prismacolor shading and needle-sculpting.

HannaBears
Karen Cwayna

22.

Roger

Artist's comments: My inspiration for Roger came from

a collection of black bear figurines that I own, whose

coloring, facial expressions, and style, I have always

loved.  Roger is the bear with the “look” I have wanted

to achieve. throughout my five years of bear making!

Roger stands a tall 21” and was created from the softest,

densest, one-inch long black alpaca with muzzle and

chest inserts of sand alpaca.  Paw pads are black real

leather, black German glass eyes with a bit of white felt

peeking out behind them.  Muzzle stuffed with a bit of

excelsior and the remainder is polyfilled with a generous

addition of tiny glass beads for a wonderful “hold me and

never put me down” weight. Of course, the sweet cub had

to have a voice so I gave him a growler deep in his tummy.

Roger carries his “catch of the day” on his wooden fish

necklace, strung on an elastic cord.
Sunnie Bears
Sonya Shaw

23.

Sherwood

Artist's comments: I set out to make a prototype for a wild

bear and the result was 23" tall Sherwood, my new, extremely

detailed, realistic design.  He is created from hand-dyed

German mohair with alpaca mohair "ruff" around his neck. 

I detailed him with wool needle felted paws (each with five

finger and toe pads), with extensively detailed pads.  His

muzzle and eye areas are also needle felted.  He sees through

taxidermy glass bear eyes and sniffs at the all the world's

glorious smells, through his leather sculpted, hand painted

nose.  I cast his claws from resin which is a multi-step.

laborious process.  This was my first attempt to create such

a complicated bear.  His claws are also hand painted for even

more realism.  Sherwood has armatured arms to increase his

posing abilities.  A myriad of details are airbruhsed into infinite,

multi-layered colors. I believe Sherwood is my masterpiece,

the bear I always dreamed I would create!

Luxembears

Judi Paul

24.

Zanzibar

Artist’s comments: Zanzibar's beautiful turquoise and gold ruff

complements the colors of his embroidered nose, which served

as my inspiration for this piece.  The sumptuous colors of his

nose transported me to thoughts of far-away, exotic places.

16" tall, created from golden yellow and ivory German mohair,

ultra suede paw pads, hazel eyes on  white wool felt backing,

multi coloured cotton stitched nose, nut and bolt jointed,

polyester filled, steel shot added to help Zanzibar stand

unaided. 

Bearitz
Janice Davidson

25.

Strawbeary

16" tall, hand-dyed Schulte mohair bear with Flex-Limb

and pop-rivet jointing for maximum poseability. German

glass eyes, perle cotton embroidered nose, and mohair inset

muzzle and footpads.

Anita Spero

26.

Hayden Seek

20" tall, made of soft honey colored curly mohair, shaved

muzzle,smokey amber glass eyes accented in brown.wool

felt paw pads, black floss nose, fully jointed with cotter pin

joints, embellished with  trapunto (or needlepunched) heart

in varigated dark reds.

Mutz's Tootsz
Amy Thornton

27.

Benjamin

Sweet Benjamin is 17.5 " tall, made from two luscious kinds

of German mohair, fully jointed, beautifully detailed hand

painted German glass eyes with felt sclera (whites of eyes)

and needle felted upper eye lids, detailed, needle sculpted

and airbrushed paws.  He even has thumbs!

Luxembears

Judi Paul

28.

Michtom

Artist's comments: I made Michtom to honour Morris Michton,

from Brooklyn, New York – believed to be the first person

to design and sell a toy bear called Teddy.  I tried very hard

to achieve an intelligent, strong, but kind face.  Michtom is

24” tall, made of brown mohair tipped with dark brown, safety

eyes, ultra suede paw pads, bolted wooden joints, polyester

and wool stuffing. Michtom is a new size and pattern for me.

Limit Edition of 50.

Robin Rive
Brigitte Rive

29.

Dali

Artist's comments: Dali is one of my 2006 Out Of the Box,

Japanese-style bears.  16" tall (not including his WIRED

ears), created of curly golden honey colored Schulte mohair,

wool felt paw pads, antique shoebutton eyes with white and

light green wool felt backing, sculpted fimo nose, highlighted

facial features with handpainted accents.  Dali is fully jointed

with hardboard discs and locknuts, stuffed with excelsior and

glass pellets for added weight.  His look is complete with clown

hat and light green neck bow around his neck.  Matching pom

pom on top of his hat.  Hat and bow are accented green buttons.

Kim Endlich

30.

Sweet Vernon

Beautiful soft sage green mohair bear, fully jointed,

stands 18" tall, imported black glass eyes, embroidered

nose, lushly long, dense, swirly-style mohair, paw pads

made from matching fabric, jointed head, arms and legs.

The joints are wooden with lock nut bolts.

KimB Kreatures

KimBerly Dobstaff-Sharrot

31.

Kenai

This 18" tall bear is made from two kinds of mohair,

armartured arms, leather sculpted and handpainted

nose, eyes are deeply detailed in shades of browns. 

He has multi-layered colors of airbrushed arcylic

paints detailing his paws, face, and inner ears. 

Fully jointed.

Luxembears

Judi Paul

32.

Wilbur

Wilbur is a real “bear hugger’ and soft to cuddle.  His long

mohair ha golden green tones and black hairs running through

it.  Fully jointed, German glass eyes, felt paw pads, floss nose,

stuffed with poly-fil and plastic pellets. 

Bears by Beth Anne
Beth Anne Martin

33.

Hobbes

Stands a whopping 16" tall and is QUITE a hefty fellow!
Weighted heavily with steel shot,  Fully poseable either

sitting or standing.  Loosely jointed arms also allow

a multitude of poses.  From his extreme proportioned feet,

to his impish face accented by extensive thread sculpture,
and drybrushed detailing all the way to his BOLD bright

hand sculpted polymer nose, he is truly a fun critter, sure

to make anyone's day a little brighter!

Bear Guys 

Shane Elliott & Steven Clark

34.

Bigsby

Artist's comments: Bigsby is a one-of-a-kind bear inspired

by an antique bear I saw in a local antique mall.  He has an

elongated muzzle and very large feet; a trademark of all my

original designs! 16" tall, Bigsby is a loving bear, made

of German Schulte mohair, hand dyed and distressed to look

vintage.  German glass eyes, hand embroidered nose, wool

felt paw pads, 5-way locknut jointed, stuffed with firm polyfill,

hand painted details on his face, muzzle, and foot pads.

East Bench Bears
Anita Spero

35.

Griffin, the lion

17" tall, handmade from two types of mohair: body is short

dense hair and mane is hand dyed long hair.  Hand painted

eyes, embroidered nose and mouth.  Poly/pellet filled and

5-way lock nut jointed, bent leg design, felt paw pads.

Potterhouse Bears

Nina Potter 

36.

Cody

18" tall, brown curly kid mohair, brown ultra suede paw

pads, gold hand painted German glass eyes, handstitched

perle cotton nose, hardboard disc and cotter pin head joint,

hardboard disc and locknut arm and leg joints, polyfil/plastic

pellet and BB's stuffing, black and gold tapestry wired ribbon.

Teddys by Tallulah

Barb Clevenger

37.

Olivia

Artist's comments: This is one hefty armful of bear. I hope you've

been lifting weights, because Olivia weighs more than 7pounds!

That's more than my son weighed when he was born!) Olivia is

the largest bear I've made in a long time. About 22" tall, bentleg

design, created from soft fur that has mottled colors of cream,

beigish-tan and pale brown. Five wobble joints give her that

floppy newborn baby feel plus she is filled with polyfill and glass

beads.  Self facing paw pads with needle-sculpted toe, neckpiece

artist-created out of glass beads. For a finishing touch, because

she is so baby-like, I put in a traditional key-wind music box that

plays Brahm's Lullaby.  The key for the music box mechanism is

in the middle of her back.

Stewart Studios
Deborah Stewart