- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Hobby House Press; illustrated edition edition (22 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0875885179
- ISBN-13: 978-0875885179
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.8 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 434,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Expert Australian teddy bear maker Jennifer Laing shows you her techniques for sewing the world's most huggable bears. This is a book for those of you who have tried the commercial patterns, have caught the bear making 'bug' and are now wanting to take that next step -- the most exciting one of all. Designing and creating your own teddy bears can bring magic into our life.
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All the steps revealed in how to design your own bears!
As it has been a few years since my first book (The Art of Making Teddy Bears)about getting started in bear making came out, I found out that a lot of people were ready for that next big step;- how to design one's own bear patterns. This is really where the thrill of bear making begins (and you thought you were having fun up until now making commercial kits and patterns!). Once you start designing your own bears, they evolve, and you just want on keep on going where they lead you. Also, once you are making bears of your own design you can start to sell them and, if you have that special spark, maybe even think about giving up that day job! Taking that first step in designing your own patterns can be a difficult one, and I have tried to make it as straight forward and simple as possible. I learned the hard and painful way, by trial and error, as there was no-one to teach me when I started (10 years ago in Australia). I wanted to take the frustration out of it for you, and to show you the joy of creating something all by yourself. As a bonus, I have included three new bear patterns (more challenging than the ones in my first book, which aimed to show everyone how easy and wonderful bear making is), as well as all the tips and pointers I can think of to make your life as a budding bear artist easier. Have fun, and spread the love of teddy bears around the world!
As it has been a few years since my first book (The Art of Making Teddy Bears)about getting started in bear making came out, I found out that a lot of people were ready for that next big step;- how to design one's own bear patterns. This is really where the thrill of bear making begins (and you thought you were having fun up until now making commercial kits and patterns!). Once you start designing your own bears, they evolve, and you just want on keep on going where they lead you. Also, once you are making bears of your own design you can start to sell them and, if you have that special spark, maybe even think about giving up that day job! Taking that first step in designing your own patterns can be a difficult one, and I have tried to make it as straight forward and simple as possible. I learned the hard and painful way, by trial and error, as there was no-one to teach me when I started (10 years ago in Australia). I wanted to take the frustration out of it for you, and to show you the joy of creating something all by yourself. As a bonus, I have included three new bear patterns (more challenging than the ones in my first book, which aimed to show everyone how easy and wonderful bear making is), as well as all the tips and pointers I can think of to make your life as a budding bear artist easier. Have fun, and spread the love of teddy bears around the world!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The first book to tell all on how to design your own bears!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Teddy Bear Art: How to Design and Make Great Teddy Bears (Paperback)
About time we had such a great book. It tells all you need to know on how to draft your own patterns and how to make real artist bears. Good tips on setting up your own business etc. Easy to follow, and includes great patterns as a bonus! Highly recommended.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great step by step instructions on creating Teddy patterns,
By A Customer
This review is from: Teddy Bear Art: How to Design and Make Great Teddy Bears (Paperback)
Jennifer takes you step by step through the process from visualization to completion of your own teddy bears. Detailed instructions and tips on pattern-making, cutting, sewing, needle sculpture, and the always challenging job of stitching the nose. Jennifer also takes you through the world of being a teddy bear artist and the business aspects to consider. I found this book very enjoyable and extrememly helpful.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent,
By Anna Klein - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Teddy Bear Art: How to Design and Make Great Teddy Bears (Paperback)
As a professional teddy bear artist who has sold internationally, I must say I owe a lot of my education to this book. While I have read just about every teddy bear making book out there (once you get started, it's addictive), I never found another quite as good as Teddy Bear Art. In this guide, Jenniger Laing addresses the true spirit of making artist teddy bears -- designing your own patterns. You can never be a complete artist until you can do this, and Laing will give you a good push in the right direction. She discusses each aspect of each pattern piece individually, shows you how to make changes in your finished product by altering the pattern, and finally tells you how to put all the pieces you've created together to make sure they'll fit -- before cutting your valuable mohair. She also addresses series of bears and ideas of names, collections of materials, and more. Again, this is the best book I have read on creating your own patterns from scratch and truly becoming a teddy bear artist.However, if you are simply seeking already made patterns for bears to make, this is not the book for you. There are only three patterns in this book and they are not the primary goal of this book. For those who want to learn how a teddy bear is really created, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great step by step instructions on creating Teddy patterns,
By sboard@ibm.net - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Teddy Bear Art: How to Design and Make Great Teddy Bears (Paperback)
Jennifer takes you step by step through the process from visualization to completion of your own teddy bears. Detailed instructions and tips on pattern-making, cutting, sewing, needle sculpture, and the always challenging job of stitching the nose. Jennifer also takes you through the world of being a teddy bear artist and the business aspects to consider. I found this book very enjoyable and extrememly helpful.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Less than impressed,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Teddy Bear Art: How to Design and Make Great Teddy Bears (Paperback)
I found this book to be somewhat helpful, but less so than I had hoped. I was quite surprised to find the book poorly edited, (to say the least!) with several typos, the body pieces for one of the patterns mislabeled, and general inconsistencies in the way the diagrams are labeled. Still, the book did give a basic outline of the steps involved in designing a bear--although there are blaring gaps, such as giving SOME proportions, but not all: the body in general should be twice as high as the head, yet no mention of how wide the body should be (about 2/3 the height, by the way) . So I would say this is a book which will get you started, but may leave you with a few unanswered questions. And, as I said, the book is quite poorly written and edited-maybe a second edition will be forthcoming which will be improved.
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