Category 5 URSA Awards Competition sponsored by BearsandBuds


5.1

5.1 Pancrazio is an OOAK bear standing 17.3” tall. His arms and legs are in dense tipped mohair, body and head in dense curled mohair, round neck is a long pile mohair. He has black German glass eyes, an embroidered nose of black cotton perle then finished with poly-gloss. His paw pads are a Cognac cashmere. 6-way jointed and stuffed with poly-fil, wool and steel balls. Annalisa Taddei The Tuscany Bear Maker - Italy


5.2

5.2 Mian is 15 inches / 38cm tall and made from alpaca in white and black, brown leather paws, dark grey English glass eyes with lids, six joints (double neck joint), wired arms and legs, lockline spine, open/close mouth, black behind painted muzzle, needle sculpted, hand modeled nose and claws. Filled with sheep's wool and soft pellets. Silke Borrmann The Mountaineers - Germany


5.3

5.3 Sundae is a pink and orange 13 inch mohair bear. Her face has been needle felted and each hair punched back in by hand. Her paws have the signature MS trapunto style. She has vintage boot button eyes and is 5 way cotter pin jointed with a wobble head. She is filled with polyfil, poly pellets and steel shot. Sundae’s nose is also needle felted and wax sculpted. Michele Seraphim Seraphim Bears - Canada


5.4

5.4 Kefalonia is a modern classic 20 inch growling mohair teddy bear, with velvet paws. She has hand painted glass eyes and an embroidered nose. Kefalonia is 5-way jointed and stuffed with a blend of polyester and plastic pellets. Kefalonia was inspired by the pastel shades of Kefalonian Village houses and the sparkling blue Ionian Sea after I spent a holiday in the Greek sunshine. Paula Carter All Bear by Paula Carter - United Kingdom


5.5

5.5 Yulan Yin is 19 inches (48 cm) tall and has head and body made from magnolia, dense, straight pile, Schulte mohair and ears, eye patches and limbs made from the same mohair in a silvery grey. He has grey, Alcantara Ultra-suede paw pads, black English glass eyes and silver grey, hand embroidered nose (tinted and waxed) and mouth. He has a partially plastic pellet and glass bead filled body and is wood wool and heavy weight polyester filled. Brendan Daly Brendan's Bears - United Kingdom


5.6

5.6 Sun Bear "Cerah" is a nineteen-inch bear, created for a Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre Fundraiser. Made from Schulte plush, with needle felted face, nose, and paw pads. Five-way jointed. Black German glass eyes. Wired front limbs with Fimo claws. Polyfibre and steel shot filling. In order to create the sun bear wrinkles and loose skin around the neck, an "inner bear" was made from calico and a slightly larger "skin " made from the plush was fitted over. Maria Collin Puca Bears - Germany


5.7

5.7 Pigtail is a 14 inch vintage-look piglet made of hand-dyed mohair. She has wool hooves and a curly tail. She is stuffed with fiber-fil and weighted. She is 5-way jointed. Pigtail has black glass eyes and a needle-sculpted snout. Her large “Pigtail” style ears are made of long curly mohair and are adorned with an antique-look headband. Hand-stained satin ribbon roses sit on her left ear and two satin ribbons are tied around her neck. Sheri Marschall Sheribear - USA


5.8

5.8 Kaluah is an original OOAK bear measuring 14 inches (35 cm), completely hand sewn from 14mm beige dense pile Alpaca. His paws are taupe-coloured Ultra suede in trapunto style and coloured by airbrushing. His eyes are Custom Hand-painted German Glass (Beige/Black/Silver sparkling starburst style), with eyelids from neutral shade ultra suede. His nose is embroidered in taupe coloured Perle cotton with nose gloss. He is 5-way jointed, cotter pin neck, locknut limbs and wired arms. He is filled with polyester with a little steel shot in his tummy. Kaluah wears a simple black pompom collar with black crystal beaded drop. Margaret Burke Nikkel Bears - Australia

5.9

Prestbury is 23 inches tall and a traditional style bear from my Toy-Box Treasure range, who has long straight legs, hockey stick shaped arms and a small hump on his back. Inside his tummy is a deep sounding growler. Prestbury is made from a dense, imitation sable fur, his paw pads are made from a thick quality chocolate brown wool felt. He has large shiny black glass eyes and a black embroidered gloss nose. His facial features are scissor sculpted. Prestbury is fully jointed and firmly filled with a heavy weight stuffing.

Jacqui Ellerton

Jac-Q-Lyn Bears - England


5.10

5.10 Lion is 18 inches tall. Made from Gold Mohair with hand dyed mohair mane and tail tip. His paws are dry needle-felted from white merino wool roving. His eyes are light smoke English Glass with added eye whites and leather eyelids. The lion has an open mouth with an ultra-suede inner and his face has also been dry needle-felted with merino wool roving and shaded with pastels. He also has a mohair beard and whiskers. His nose is needle-felted and sealed. Five-way-jointed and stuffed with wool. His arms are wired and he has claws. Stephanie Raye BurringBears - Australia


5.11

5.11 Riley is a 16" teddy bear made of a very long curly grey Belgian plush. He has black glass eyes with gray Ultra-suede upper and lower eyelids, has a handstitched nose, and he is stuffed with polyester fiber and steel shot for weight. His paws and feet are done in a reverse trapunto style with raised fingers/toes and pads. His eyelids, paws, and feet have been shaded with an airbrush. Riley is fully jointed and he has silver wire necklace with beading. Tyler Crain Teds 'n Such - USA


5.12


5.12 Mr. Squirrel is 12 " tall and made from hand dyed Mohair. His eyes are glass and has a needle felted face with a little airbrushing. He is fully jointed, including a neck joint, and he is firmly stuffed with polyester fiberfill and has wired arms and legs. His tail has an armature in it for expressive posing. Candi Taylor Candi Bears - USA

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 5

5.1 Pancrazio	5.2 Mian	5.3 Sundae	5.4 Kefalonia
5.5 Yulan Yin	5.6 Sun Bear Cerah	5.7 Pigtail	5.8 Kaluah
5.9 Prestbury	5.10 Lion	5.11 Riley	5.12 Mr. Squirrel
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