Beetle!!

Beetle is my latest new bear, and she has been specially made for the Art Fights Fire, a benefit in which all the proceeds well go to help with the Victorian Bush Fire appeal.

It is quite unusual for me to make a girl bear, as I'm rather sexist and belief all bears are boys, but as a bear maker you have to understand I am only partly in control of the bears that I make, the other part they just seem to do themselves sort of like babies, you know, like their own little personality comes through. OK I'm probably sounding nuts, but it's true. Like with Beetle, I knew her name was Beetle and she was a girl as soon as she was just a head with pinned on ears and eyes, she was already there, bursting out of that little bodiless head. Others well they are a bit more shy, they take a while to tell me their name and come out of their shell.

Anyway more about Beetle. She is fully jointed made from a felted mohair, with hand tea dyed felt pads ( which is why they are uneven) and measured 28cm tall. She has one vintage button and one antique shoe button for eyes, and not much of a nose ( too much kissing). She is hopefully quite old/vintage looking. She's a happy go lucky girl, nothing is too tough for her, she enjoys skipping and cucumber sandwiches.

She is one of a kind, and comes with the vintage knitted singlet/dress, and she is very excited to be part of this special event Gemma is running.

THere are a heaps of amazing artists and crafters contributing so please check it out! And tickets are on sale now from these places.