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Two sweet teddy bears, ready to tug a few heartstrings..

The teddy bears I create are for other people to own and enjoy, I have never actually owned one of my own bears, until now that is... Honeythunder, made by me twenty years ago, has come full circle! His story began in 2006, when I designed him for a specialist teddy bear show in London. Honeythunder met his new owners at that show and it was the last I saw of him. Fast forward twenty years and I could hardly believe my eyes when I spotted him for sale online, offered by a com

This lovely clown teddy bear was created at the request of a collector..

Introducing 'The Tweedy Teds'! Now and again I find it's good to take a break from mohair, to experiment with different fabrics. This week I have been having heaps of fun creating cloth bears from Harris Tweed. I absolutely love this beautiful hand woven, pure wool fabric, produced in the Scottish Isles. Harris Tweed comes in an unending array of fabulous colours and patterns, is strong enough to withstand the rigours of bear-making and produces wonderfully characterful, trad

From time to time, you may watch me drift away from the topic of artist bears on a crest of teddy bear collecting nostagia! I was given...

I was so pleased when I found my 'Hugglets' folder ..

The question 'What is an Artist Bear' has been hotly debated..