Teddy Bears of Bath or Bears of Bath, if you prefer, is our joint venture.

Carol’s background as a Graphic Designer and Textile artist and mine as a Fine Artist just made the whole thing inevitable.
Since both graduating in 1993 (where we first met) we have combined our talents in the pursuit of something new and special.
Ironically Carol has come to the creation of teddy bears quite recently (2005) which is surprising as her mother and aunties have been creating soft toys on a big scale for over 40 years. Perhaps not so ironic, is it in the blood?
The bears have slowly started to take over the house, which I am reliably informed is quite normal, and being constantly in their gaze has had a very strange effect on my impressionable mind?
'Bluebeary', Nominated for the British Bear Artist Award 2007

What we are striving to achieve is a fantastic fictional world where the bears live,  ‘World of Comfortable Place’.

Hopefully you will enjoy the stories, illustrations and the endearing qualities of the bears themselves. They may be just fabric and thread but sometimes something about them seems to take on a life of it’s own.

 

We are fortunate, as many others are, to have a quality adviser, ours is our son, Matthew. He’s 5years old, and the bottom line is if he approves we know we have got it right.

 

 

Matthew and Biscuit

 

Carol & Paul Birkeland-Green
(2007)