I have been a professional Teddy Bear Artist since 1988. I specialize in creating handmade One Of A Kind teddy bears and other animals from vintage mink stoles, coats, and collars. My bears have appeared in various books and magazines over the past two decades.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
WIP ... next custom order
This is actually a continuation of a previous order ... this is bear #2
To see bear #1 please click here ... "Striped Pajamas Teddy"
I'm working with the remainder of the minks:
There is still a lot of the unusual mink to work with ...
... but quite a bit less of the mink stole which was already rather small
Now the question is ... how did I make the first teddy?
Since it was a very unusual OOAK (one of a kind) teddy that I made a few months ago I am so happy that I made a photo journey of it's creation ... Click Here to see how I made the first teddy.
To see more of the making of this teddy ... Click here.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Five Custom-made Teddy Bears
Finally finished with this custom order ... it took a long time
but as you can see, it was worth it because
each teddy is beautiful !!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Work In Progress ...
My next Custom Order will be 5 teddies using this lovely family heirloom mink coat.
I will be posting photos of my Work-In-Progress (click here to go to the photo page)
Please check the link above often to see as the teddies are transformed from coat to teddies
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Valentine Panda
PREVIEW PAGE
One-of-a-kind Panda
for Valentine's Day 2015
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| This is a new pattern design ... I based it on my recent Popcorn Teddy pattern. |
"Valentina" panda will be available for adoption
on Tuesday Feb 10
on this Blog (in a new post): http://minkbears.blogspot.com
The ADOPTION post become active at NOON (12 pm ... Pacific Time)
Since all of the information about Valentina is on this post
The Adoption post will only have this photo
and the "Buy Now Pay Pal" button
it will have the option to pay in full or 1/3 down for a 3 month layaway plan
(You do not need to be a Pay Pal member to use this payment service)
Adoption Fee: $450 USD plus shipping
(To see my shipping and layaway policies:
please go to my links on the right side of this page)
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| This teddy measures 7 1/2 inches standing and 5 1/2 inches sitting |
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| Paw pads are stitched ultrasuede with trapunto hearts |
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| Heart shaped white mink chest blaze |
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| Glass eyes Wire armature in arms and legs |
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| Embroidered, waxed, and sealed heart shaped nose |
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| Valentina will arrive in her own "Love" tin |
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| 6 joints including a double jointed neck which allows for the sweet head tilt |
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| White mink tail |
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| Hand stitched vintage mink ... in two hard to find colors: white and a brown so dark that it looks like black |
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| Gently hand painted details |
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| Valentina's heart shaped nose is simply charming |
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| The entire panda has been lined for extra strength You can CLICK HERE to see even more photos |
This is the image that will appear on the
ADOPTION post that will have the
"Buy Now Pay Pal" button
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