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Monday, 10 November 2014

Cappuccino to be raffled off for charity at GYTBE

I will be donating Cappuccino for the charity raffle at The Great Yorkshire Teddy Bear Event.
The raffle is in aid of Sheffield Children's Hospital and Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice.



Come to the show for your chance to win him on 16th November at Sheffield Hilton.

Sunday, 12 October 2014

Esme - new witchy bear

Introducing Esme, my latest bear.

Esme is approximately 12 " tall and 14"tall including her hat (measured standing).
She is made from white curly mohair and is five way jointed.
She is filled with heavy polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in her tummy for extra weight.
Esme has sparkly purple hand painted glass eyes set atop white felt and she has a large purple needle-felted nose.
Her face has been carefully needle sculpted and lightly hand shaded.
Esme wears a handmade witches hat and a wire-wrapped purple agate pendant.
Her hat is detachable and will come with two pins to hold it in place.
Esme is one of a kind and available for adoption.
Her adoption fee is £140.00 plus postage

Hope you like her :)

 







Thursday, 9 October 2014

Esme - new witchy bear

Her skirt didn't quite go to plan. Bears I can do, clothing still needs a lot of practice!
She was always going to be a witchy bear, so I made her a lovely new hat instead.
I think she will be called Esme.

Going to do her photo shoot tonight.

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

New witchy bear - WIP

I am working on a new witchy bear at the moment.

Here are a few work in progress photos.



Ready to attach her body now.

Tuesday, 19 August 2014

New bear - Bramley

Introducing Bramley.


Bramley is approximately 6.5" tall (measured standing).

He is made from green and beige Sassy faux fur.

Bramley is five way jointed, filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some steel shot in his tummy for a little extra weight.

He has golden brown hand painted glass eyes set atop white felt and a brown needle-felted nose.

He has been hand shaded and carefully needle-sculpted to give a little more definition to his muzzle.



Bramley is also wearing a hand made wire wrapped goldstone crystal around his neck.

Bramley is one of a kind and his adoption fee is £90.00 + postage (will post worldwide)

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

URSA Awards - voting has begun (round 1)

I have entered two of my creations in the 2014 URSA Awards.

Sage (category 6)   &   Flynn (category 15)

 
           

The winners of this competition are chosen by public vote, and the first round of voting is open 9th – 31st July.


As always, this is a tough competition with many fantastic entries and I would be very grateful if you would vote for my creations (if you think they are good enough, of course).


So, please go and take a look at this year’s entries and cast your votes here: http://www.bearsandbuds.com/ursa/Voting2008.asp


If you would like to find out more about my work, please visit www.brierleybears.co.uk.

Thursday, 17 July 2014

New bear - George

Please allow me to introduce you all to George, my latest bear.




George is approximately 12" tall (measured standing).

He is made from beige and brown mohair and has matching cashmere paw pads.

George is five way cotter-pin jointed with a wobble-neck joint.

He is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some steel shot in his tummy for a little extra weight.

George has black glass eyes and a large brown needle-felted nose.

His face has been hand shaded and needle-sculpted.

He is wearing a handmade hat and braces. 





George is one of a kind and his adoption fee is £145 + postage