i have managed to make my first bear with articulate joints. I decided that as my confusion over 2D drawn diagrams of parts and 3D stuffed animal toys was
so great that it threatened to paralyse the entire Anderson Articulated Animal empire before it was off the drawing board, i would find a good pattern and follow it from start to finish and see what happened.
The Gibbs' book is gorgeous and perfectly easy to understand. The bear i made does not really look like the pattern i followed but it does look like a teddy bear so i'm celebrating a Good Start.
The original body was far too small so i made larger and longer templates. However i went too far - his body is a little too long and i had to make a tummy tuck. I think his legs should be longer. Also i have plans to make changes to future bears' front paws.
The bald patches on his forehead are where i had to move the eyes. Twice. I'll patch him up. The less said about his chin seam, the better.
Before i embarked on the jointed bear, i took some time to mend poor Pinky, a bear i was given as a baby in 1969, which i found in January, spread over one of the eaves in the attic, a victim of the dog.
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| Pinky was in a coma in plastic bag intensive care for 10 months. |
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| Linen skin-grafts from the work box. |
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| I had to completely re-build the muzzle. |
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| Once that was accomplished, re-making his face was pretty quick to do. |
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| Although Pinky's own eyes and nose were eventually found at the crime-scene, they were too badly chewed to be used so he has new eyes and nose from the Fred Aldous surgical supplies department. |
