23.

Landis

Artist's comments: This is the first of my lions to be made

in this smaller size. Landis wears his feelings on his sleeve

and is happy to share them with you. 14" tall from head to toe

with an exceptional, 24" long tail! Created from mohair,

extensively hand painted with shading for character, needle

sculpted velveteen muzzle, nose and paw pads.  He has cotton

whiskers, glass eyes, wired arms.  Puff at the end of his tail

is stuffed with jingle bells.

Chatham Village Bears, LLC

24.

Mitchell Basset

7.5"/18 cm tall, one of a kind artist bear primarily made

from short, red, distressed mohair. Long, soft, lemon mohair

used for tummy.  Pink mohair for feet and ear backs.  Orange

mohair for backs of hands.  Lime green mohair for snout.

Pastel orange mohair for his head.

Barbara-Ann Bears

Barbara Ann Cunningham

25.

Psammead

Artist's comments: Psammead was one of a commission request

from a gentleman from London who asked if I could create a bear

for his girlfriend's birthday, fashioned after Psammead, the Sand

Fairy from the childrens' TV drama series from the 80's - Five

Children and It.  Psammead grants wishes, but the wishes don't

turn out quite like the children expect!I based him on a bear design

but wired his legs and toes and fingers. I hand dyed the mohair and

made his extensively needlefelted and airbrushed, face more rounded

than a bear's. 17"tall, cashmere hands and feet, nut and bolt jointed

with wired limbs, individual fingers and toes.  Hand painted glass

eyes, filled with polyester and steel shot.  Stands unaided.

Bearitz
Janice Davidson

26.

Drip and Drizzle

Both adorably wacky bear cubs are 6.5" tall and are showing

a little attitude with their very best sullen and dejected look. 

Hand painted eyes, fully jointed, made of spase, wild colored

mohair with contrasting color backing. 

Fool's Gold Bears
Laure Weltsch

28.

Dasiy

Handmade sewn bear is 8.5" tall, made from opulent mohair,

fully jointed, imported German glass eyes, embroidered claws

and nose which is also waxed.  Adorned with plaid ribbon and

TigerGod Ink
Letha Rodman Melchior

30.

Arid: The Dryer Fairy

This little fellow is made completely from dryer lint. Although he

is only 6 inches tall, he has the capability of carrying off stray

socks twice his size. His wings are, as you might expect, made

out of starched dryer sheets, sprayed with delicate glitter paint

for fabric and then embellished with a silver paint pen. Legend

has it that these little bear fairies live in dryers all over the world,

collecting stray socks and whatever else they can get their grubby

little paws on.  Arid does look genuinely sorry though perched

precariously on top of a miniature box of Tide detergent.

Twin Cubs

Lisa Bunting Thoms

31.

Hulloolah

13.5"/34 cm tall, one of a kind artist bear, mostly made

from short, dense, purple-tipped soft lilac mohair to which

Barbara has added patches of pink and orange.  Hand dyed

orange and red, longer length distressed mohair for tummy,

snout top, ear backs and under tail.

Barbara-Ann Bears

32.

YMIR

Artist's comments: YMIR is a "primal being" or ice giant,

26" tall, and looks quite relaxed about the whole idea. 

I had no special plans for this bear or to make an ice giant.

I simply wanted to make maximum use of this gorgeous

hand-dyed mohair from Barbara-Ann Cunningham. I tweaked

an earlier pattern for the head and body and then designed

the arms and legs as I went along.......as usual, this created

an element of panic - "will I have enough mohair?"...which

means that I have to sew faster, until I find out! For his

inserts, I coloured some long-pile cashmere, using silk

paints.  He features a double neck joint, wired arms and

fingers, black glass eyes and stitched nose - and just for

a change - I "lacquered" it with sparkly nail varnish! He

wears a neck-piece of "pearls", "diamonds" and rose quartz

beads, and sports an amethyst bead in his belly button. 

púca Bears

Maria Collin

34.

Serendipity

Artist's comments: 3-1/4" tall fairy of needlework. 

Perhaps you've noticed her presence, though you didn't

actually see anyone -- an unusually difficult row of crochet

or knitting stitches just happened to come out right, even

though you could have sworn you had miscounted.  Or, the

nose on the latest bear came out just right; how did that

happen?  Just a tiny sprinkling of her fairy dust, and the

frustration is forgotten, only the soothing satisfaction

remains. Crocheted from lace-weight mohair, soulful

brown glass eyes, embroidered and shaded features,

cotter-pin and disk-jointed head, arms and legs thread jointed. 

She wears finery fit for a fairy, crocheted in vibrant rainbow

shades of softest hand-dyed cotton, enhanced with tiny glass

beads.  Her pretty lhead is crowned with a hat fit for a princess,

made with rounds of colorful crochet, beads, and topped with

spectacular Czech glass button.

Sue Pendleton

35.

Little Pink

5.9" tall, unusually coloured bear with very non-traditional

look.  As such, she feels herself to be a bit of an outcast and

doesn't quite fit in with most of the other bears.  Her heroine

is the pop singer Pink, who not only has the same name but

is also a thoroughly modern girl!15cm standing, hand dyed

Schulte mohair, ultra suede inner ears, glass eyes, randomly

embroidered multicoloured nose, fully cotterpin jointed, polyfil

and steel shot stuffed.

Homebrewed Bears
Leith Macdonald

36.

Eza 

Born from luxurious blonde curly Schulte long haired mohair, 
completely hand-stitched, fully 5-way jointed with disks and

cotter pins, padded with excelsior polyfill and wool, German 

green eyes, nose and claws embroidered with brown cotton

thread. Wears a removable colarette crocheted from thread. 

13" tall when standing up.

Mabawa Teddies
Nadine Murat Thevenot

37.

Chesterton

13"/34 cm tall, one of a kind artist bear mainly made from short,

blue-grey moahir with pale backing.  Longer, off-white mohair

used for snout, ear fronts and under tail.  Tummy is made from

grey blue faux fur with brown ringed spots.

Barbara-Ann Bears

38.

Kyra (Meaning Light)

13.5" tall, made from creamy beige 100mm long Schulte

mohair with ivory alpaca muzzle, ears and paws, sculpted

cashmere paw pads, cotter-pin joints, filled with poly/pellets

and steel shot for weigh, wobbly head, wears genuine Native

American dreamcatcher around his neck.

Bradley Bears

39.

Pavlova

Artist's comments: My inspiration for Pavlova sprang

from my love of the glamour of 1930's movie stars,

which were larger than life and lived to flaunt their

wonderful accessories like brilliant boas and lots

of jewels! Pavlova is 8" tall, created from two different

hand dyed shades of pink mohair, cashmere pink paw

pads and ears, black glass eyes, multi coloured perle

cotton stitched nose, organza ribbon and pink wired

and beaded necklace.  Filled with polyester and steel

shot for added weigh that helps her stand unaided.

40.

Greenpeace

A very calm character, he enjoys surfing, hanging out,

eating pizza and being nice to people.  Greenpeace has

an extraordinarily large head, which required some cunning

to attach to his tiny body.  He is styled somewhat like

a "standard" anime bear, but the "big head/small body"

concept has been pushed to the limit.  The addition of

eyelids gives him a more focused and "human" gaze

than is generally found in anime bears.  Greenpeace

also features a unique nose in my signature woven

pattern for that extra touch of individuality.  15cm/6"

tall, hand dyed Schulte mohair, upholstery velvet inner

ears, amber glass eyes, leather eyelids, fully cotterpin

jointed, stuffed with polyfil and steel shot.

Homebrewed Bears
Leith Macdonald

41.

Magena (Native American for “the Coming Moon”)

10" tall, one of a kind, made of 100mm pale grey curly

Schulte mohair, pale grey alpaca muzzle, ears and paws.

Fitted with nut and bolt joints, wobbly head, sculpted

cashmere paw pads, filled with heavy poly/tender touch

granules with steel balls for weight, necklace of three

beautiful red glass hearts.

Bradley Bears

42.

Carl Max

A terribly cute rat.... for the real rat-lovers! About 18 cm

high (rat-tail not included, of course), made of Schülte mohair

with black patch on his head.  Heavy body so he not only

looks terrific (his OWN words) but feels good to hold, too. 

A perfect companion, likes to read (Orwell and Dostojevski

and are his favourites), loves traveling (how about New

Zealand?), sleeps all day if possible, eats everything in

sight (lasgna with spinach and bleu danish cheese are his

all-time-favourites!) and especially loves to be with you -

hanging over your shoulder, sitting on your lap, whatever!

Keuns & Bears
Karin Peire

43.

Philander

Artist's comments: Philander is such a different piece for me

since I have never created such a tall and thin legged creation

like this! I am loving Philander and cannot wait to see where he

leads me! 13" tall, rayon with Alpaca belly for super softness,

premium quality glass eyes, long cotton whiskers, airbrush

enhanced to add character and bring out his many features,

wired arms & legs for all the best poses!

Chatham Village Bears, LLC

44.

Chicken Lickin

7" tall, ivory string mohair chicken, gold wool felt, open mouth,

red ultra suede comb, pink ultra suede wire tongue, black glass

eyes with white ultra suede accents, white wool felt lids and

leather rims. Legs are molded wired wrapped in acrylic yarn,

w ire armatured wings, disc jointed neck, wings and legs,

stuffed with fibrefil and copper BB's for weight.