To
get the pretty violet hue for Tempest his fur was repeatedly hand tipped with two
purple and two blue fabric colours, This is quite a time consuming process
that is done on single bear basis so no two bears will ever be exactly the same. He
also has silver and gold highlights to his nose, mouth and face painting
Tempest also
carries a hand moulded rose for his sweetheart and has a little leather
satchel
on
his back containing a romantic music button
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Davy has
furry paws and individual appliquéd
suede paw pads like some of his larger
fully featured cousins - his feet are fully lined and contain small sacks of steel
shot for weight and stability - this bear loves to have his feeties tickled
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These
bears are made entirely by hand and I make the none mechanical extras myself
including the roses and leather satchels and doing other things like forming the
individual paw pads and hand tipping the fur etc. This means you can
virtually choose any colour or feature you desire and even have a bearies made for
you to your own colour scheme simple because you like it and not because it
represents your birthday sign.
Prices for special editions
will vary depending on what you want done as some of the processes are very time
consuming.
The standard
price if for a bear in the original design for the starsign and
in using Schulte mohair as manufactured, bears with hand tipped fur and a flower or small toy cost £78, something like a satchel
and music button would add £5. Unique designs or a
feature like hand dyeing or fully featured paw pads, will cost
more as they can add as much as 10 -15 hours to the work
involved.
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