Voted the Best Newcomer in the 1998 British Bear Artist Awards, Karin’s bear hobby and passion began to take shape as a profession. Karin generally makes OOAKs, but will make a small edition occasionally. Karin uses painting, rather than spraying, so that color application is more precise. She uses around 30 different colors in all to achieve three quite different styles of bears. Some are made to look older, and the dye is used to replicate the kind of discoloration that occurs on well-loved teds. Others are more realistic, and in that case the color is used to accentuate the features. A third style lies somewhere between the other two.
The bears in this initial collection by Karin feature glass eyes, Schulte mohair and have hand-painted accent detailing.
