Who is Who in Bear Making.

Who is Who in Bear Making
Mary’s Secret Garden by Mary Jardin Wimberley

18” Andalusia de Castille is a OOAK orange and white tabby made of mohair, with 8 joints and a wired tail. She is airbrushed and has painted sculpted toe pads on each foot. Andalusia’s face is sculpted, trimmed, and painted with an embroidered nose and horsehair whiskers. Her hand-painted copper glass eyes are set in leather lids. Princess Andalusia wears a trailing melon silk brocade dress over a yellow striped silk underskirt. Her sleeves are lined and drawn up to reveal lace edged silk under sleeve. Andalusia wears a cotton mantilla under her silver crown and carries a lace parasol and a green velvet purse.

Hughie Leuie Chipster is an over-sized baby chipmunk. He stands a full 7”, has a wobble head and jointed arms and legs with wired limbs and tail. He is made of alpaca with the exception of his tipped mohair tail and wool felt ears. His head, feet and paws are carefully needle sculpted with detailed painted toes on plucked paws. He also is elaborately painted with gold, brown and black shading and stripes. His two-tone glass eyes in leather eyelids are hand painted with brown and green. His nose and smiling mouth are embroidered and shadowed with ink. White horsehair whiskers complete his smiling face.

Harriet Squirrel is an 7” gray squirrel with jointed arms and legs and a locline tail. She is made of 6 types of fur with wool felt ears. Harriet is airbrushed all over. Harriet’s amber glass eyes, set in leather eyelids, peer out from her needle sculpted and scissor trimmed face. Her small pink nose and black mouth are embroidered with perle cotton and shaded with gray. Harriet has painted toes and paw pads on her tiny needle sculpted feet. Her whiskers are black horsehair. Harriet wears a blue/white gingham eyelet skirt attached to a cotton lace bib with an applique pink daisy. She wears a soft chiffon blue bow with two more daisies as her head piece.

Jules Lapin is 15 " jointed rabbit made of imported plush with a double jointed neck. His copper/green glass eyes are set into leather eyelids. Jules’ nose is suede-covered and his whiskers are white horsehair. He is needle sculpted and airbrushed with detailed paws and feet. Mr. Lapin wears a maroon mohair tail coat with brocade lapels and pockets over a silk twill waistcoat, wool collar and burgundy ascot. Attached to the buttons of his vest and tailcoat is an antique brass fob watch. Jules also wears a felt top hat with an embroidered tape hat band, and carries gold wired rims and a black cane with agate rabbit topper and gold tip.

Kisha Kynthia-Kira a 22" standing movement cat is made alpaca. She has needle sculpting, scissor trimming, hand painted glass eyes with double leather eyelids, embroidered nose, horsehair whiskers, and subtle shading. Kisha wears a variety of embroidered costume pieces: a gold taffeta blouse, an emerald silk vest, a red wool embroidered skirt, yellow panniers, and a blue apron, and a colorful headdress. Three necklaces, many charms ,and two baskets with props reflect the Egyptian Cat Goddesses, Bast and Sehkmet.