Gallery: Other Sources

Character: Aang
Source: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Em
Date: 2010 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: Our first TLA project is Older But Still Huggable Version of Aang. Fun fact (well, fun if you're a crafing nerd, maybe) - paint and plush generally don't mix, so any bear in our lineup with painted details, like Aang, is made out of fleece.

Character: Aang
Source: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Em
Date: 2010 (Matsuricon)
Notes: And here's Seasons 1/2 (OK, Books of Water & Earth) Aang. By the time Matsuricon rolled around, everyone on the team had finally seen at least part of TLA, so lots of raving went on. We'll be making more from this one, too.

Character: Toph
Source: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Em
Date: 2011 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: Yep, here's another from TLA. Naturally, it's Toph, everyone's favorite earthbender. Toph is our first try at a new bear pattern, bringing our regular rotation up to four.

Character: Shin Chae-Kyeong
Series: Goong
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Sarah
Date: 2008 (commission)
Notes: This pair of bears were based on the ones that show up in the K-drama, with jointed legs and somewhat poseable wired arms. Chae-Kyeong also sports track pants and a hairclip made of miniature pencils (thanks to Em for that part).

Character: Shin Lee
Series: Goong
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Sarah
Date: 2008 (Commission)
Notes: The other member of the Goong commission. Those are specks of dust on my old camera, and not shoujo sparkles. Sorry.

Character: Sylar (season 1 finale)
Series: Heroes
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Sarah
Date: 2007 (gift)
Notes: This was a Christmas gift for Jay, a giant Sylar fan from the beginning. Sylar is outfitted in the hoodie/overcoat combo from the season 1 battle royale, and includes a beanbag plushie brain (totally! not! a snack!).

Character: Captain Kirk
Source: Star Trek (Original Series)
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Em
Date: 2009 (gift)
Notes: Em made this Kirk bear for a friend's mom, who is a fan from way back. Note the totally authentic gold rickrack, and I am not kidding at all about that. (Gotta love it.)

Character: Sarah & Jay
Series: Our lives?
Bear Type: Premade, about 10"
Clothes & Styling By: Sarah
Date: 2009
Notes: As a side decoration at the wedding (they flanked the card birdcage, and yes, that's a thing), I made bear versions of our wedding-day gear. It was a little shout-out to our other lives as nerdly bear-makers.

Item: Flying Spaghetti Monster Plushies
Made by: Sarah (painting by Em)
Date: 2010 (I Made It! Market)
Notes: "Sooooo...I have vast quantities of goldy-yellowy fleece. What on earth do I do with...Huh." (If you have not been initiated into the very internettish glory of Pastafarianism, start here.)