Some New Bears At Last!

Wow lookie here! I've got two new bears to show you :) I haven't been idle at all. I have just sent my photo to Sandi for the Australasian Creative Design Awards, it was really hard to get a good photo of that creation. Some things just never seem to come out so well in a photo, unlike the house which always looks alot tidier and cleaner than in real life ;-) I guess the camera doesn't really focus on the dog hair balls hiding in the corners or the drifts of bear fur floating around............. Ah the bears! Here we have Luna (the brown bear with contrasing ears) and Rosa. Each has a double neck joint and Rosa also has joints at her wrists. They are both made from beautiful tipped Schulte alpaca. Luna's fur is brown with black tip while Rosa's is a gorgeous chocolate brown with an almost dusky rose tip (hence her name). Of course they both have some really cute sculpted leather feet, made from some wonderfully soft leather I brought back from England with me last year. I'll try to get them up on my website with some more information a little later, right now the dog is hassling for a walk and I need the exercise.

A New Bear in the Bush

At last I have him finished! This is Bart, so named because he looks a bit mischievous. His coat is gloriously shaggy, English mohair, which has been hanging around in my stash for a while, waiting for the right bear........ and here he is! You'd have to agree, he has a bit of a wild look in his eyes and a little bit of cheek. There are more details available on my website: http://www.bensonbears.com/

The weekend was spent sewing another bear, which is shaping up nicely, I'm still tweeking this pattern, so it's another large bear from the design. I go through phases in my bear making, no doubt soon, I'll be back in miniature mode. It's a good thing to mix things up, better for my body. When the big bears become too physically strenuous, I return to making small and miniature bears, but they have their own challenges, they are extremely fiddly, and at times they drive me nuts, trying to get my big hands to work with such small pieces!

Sunday afternoon was spent doing a bit more building, eventually we may even finish this house! Everything takes so long!

Getting There

I have almost finished another large bear, the pattern is the same as Yuki, but the bear is entirely different. I love giving each of the bears I create, their own character, so, even when I use the same pattern, each bear is unique. I haven't named this one yet, I'm hoping inspiration will hit before I've finished him. I'm working on bears for The Sydney Teddy Bear Show, next month, which is looming fast! I've also just submitted a project to Australian Bear Creations magazine, something a little different to what I usually make, who wants to be in a box? But you will have to wait til the magazine comes out, to see it, as I forgot to get a photo before I sent it off. If I get this new bear finished today, his photos will be up tomorrow, hopefully.