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Foreword |
Start page |
Starte |
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Subject |
Basics |
Excurses, tables and stories |
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Making bears | ||||
Material |
Fur,
wool and alpaca
Mohair Other materials Material for paws |
Bears
from Synthetic plush
Bears from Viscose plush Bears from Cotton plush Bears from Real fur Bears from Alpaca Bears from Llama fabric Bears from Mohair |
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Photo class: Drawing - Cutting
Photo class: Sewing Photo class: Sewing by hand |
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Stuffing the head
Closing the head |
Stuffing material weighting pellets Photo class: Stuffing the head |
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Mounting
Placement for joints Stuffing and Closing the seams |
Joints
Swivel heads Swinging joints No-no- teddies Bendable armatures teddy with spine Voices Photo class: Mounting the head Photo class: Mounting arms and legs |
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Teddy's face |
Ears
Attaching the ears |
Size and placement
of ears
Photo class: Attaching the ears Intended non symmetrical Teddy face for trying |
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Shaving |
Professional shavings
Photo class: Brushing and shaving |
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Eyes
Size and placement of eyes Inserting glass eyes Inserting safety eyes |
Photo class:
inserting eyes
Coloured eyes Size and setting of eyes Eye design Eye lids Pop eyes |
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Nose
Nose shapes Stitching the nose |
Photo class:
Stitching the nose
Noses of artist bears Coloured noses Sculptural noses Waxed noses Leather noses Felt noses Plastic noses and sculptured noses |
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Mouth | Facial expression
Boy or girl? Photo class: Stitching the mouth |
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Finishing
touches
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Brushing
Dressing The finished teddybear |
Paw design
Self-made labels Accessories and dressing Trousers for August A vest for Karl Grobi's collar Common problems First and latest teddybears |
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Variations |
One
pattern - different bears A contest The Jubilee - experiment |
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Dyeing | Dyeing with tea
Natural colours Synthetic colours Airbrush Colour accents |
Colourful bears
Red rice Hot dog List of natural dyes Dyeing recipes Photo class: dyeing with buttercups Photo class: dyeing with madder Rainbow teddies |
Large bears
Small bears and miniatures Material for minis Making minis Finishing a miniature |
Large teddies and bears
Jointing minis Dollhouse bears Mini bears Miniatures Miniature animals Photo class: making miniatures Needle felted bears Photo class: needle felting |
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Inserted faces | Simple inserted snout
Prolonged inserted snout Inserted snout with eyes included Inserted broader snout Inserted face |
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Open mouth | Slit method for open mouths
Designing open mouths Making open mouths Special features |
Teddies with open mouths |
Design |
First tries | Proportions | Kombi-pattern
Kombi-teddies Kombi bear challenge Classical Teddies Cuddly teddies Character bears Bears as art Bad proportions |
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Pattern changes | A teddy child
Stan and Ollie Altering the head |
Very important Bears
Teddies in Fairy tales Literature Bears Parodies Song bear contest |
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Basic principles
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Head design
Alternative head designs |
Traditional head design
variations in head design Soft sculpting - darts Needle sculpting Sculptured faces |
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Body design |
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Lying bears Movement in design Double jointed arms Double neck joint Head discs |
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Bears and
other animals
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Design for realistic bears
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Realistic bears
Bears of the world Polars Natural positions Paws Claws |
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Other animals
Designing jointed animals Designing unjointed animals Making unjointed animals |
Teddy-animals
Realistic animals - jointed Realistic animals - unjointed Making glove animals extra pieces for unjointed animals needle sculpting for animals realistic animal eyes Dogs Dog Design Portrait dogs Cats A badger - for example Fantasy animals |
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Your very own design |
Design
rules
A bear of your own |
Designing from scratch
Relatives Teddybear contests |
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Photographing teddies |