Single Wedding Bear – This individual wedding bear was created in 1998, with purple, royal blue & white ribbon to match the wedding couple’s outfits. The bear carries a matching ecosac and holds a set of real silver wedding rings.
Harvest (mark II) – Another ‘improved version’ Ecobear who later morphed into Savreth (a character from The Ecobears children’s book). Made in 1999 – he was one of the earlier fully poseable & free standing bears. He wears a blood red wool waistcoat & bow tie, and carries an ecosac made from cream hemp. One
RainbowPeace – was made in 1999 and was inspired by Greenpeace and their work with their Rainbow Warrior boat. As her name suggests she has rainbow-coloured features – such as her intricately hand woven nose, and plaited hair made from reclaimed tapestry wool & hemp twine. Her hemp silk dress consists of individual petals, and
Ginger EcoYetiBear – 14″ tall One of a Kind fully poseable Try-brid bear. He has faux fur ginger hair, ears, beard & paws. His buttons are Italian olive wood. He even has brown freckles embroidered on his face.
Evergreen – wears a recycled acrylic waistcoat. One of the first Ecobears to be made with black glass eyes instead of black button eyes. Circa 1997.
Early Rastabearian – with individually plaited hair in red, green & yellow perle cotton & hemp twine. Black button eyes. Over the weekend of 31st October & 1st November, 1998, Rastabearian & his pal, Delaman, travelled to Ally Pally in London – as they had been nominated for an E.V.A. award (The Event of 1998
Muffins – An Ecobear made using dapple grey hemp; faux fur ears & paws, and a pale pink raw silk skirt.
Rastabearian (mark II) – It was so much fun making the first one, we had to make another a little different. Circa 1999. He has the colours green, yellow & red as his theme. His hemp/organic cloak is hand embroidered with contrasting wooden beads. He has tie twisted locks – using perle cotton around central
Wow, how time flies – today is Ecobears’ Birthday – 4 whole Leap Years. Or 16 in normal years. The very first Ecobear named Harvest was born 29th February, 1996 in Yorkshire, England. It only seems like yesterday! We kept the original Harvest in a suitcase for prosperity – and to see how well he
Well, it has to be said our latest trip to the UK was pretty nerve jangling and full-on to say the least. It all began with a simple train journey from our home town of Flix to Barcelona – about two & a half hours in total. The plan was to have a relaxing night
