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Fabian Song Bears – Teddy Bear, History, Information
Fabian Song is a teddy bear artist from Singapore and has been making bears under the name Singapore Sensations since 1996. He makes about 100 teddy bears a year, usually one of a kinds. Fabian usually soft sculpts the bears’ paws, painting and airbrushing to accentuate certain features of the bears. Typical Fabian Song bears range in size from 6 to 24 inches and go for $295 – $980.
Popular Fabian Song, Singapore Sensations teddy bears include:
What A Bosom Buddy – 12.5, 18 inch bear. Toby Award winner in the Industry’s Choice category in 2002.
Dewdrop – 19 inch, open mouth bear with sculpted pads in 2002.
Bosom Buddies – pair of award winning bears
U Need A Hug? – 6 inch bear and 2002 Toby Award, Public Choice Winner
Care 2 Join Me – 10.5 inch bear and 2001 Toby Award Public Choice Winner and Winner of Golden George awarded in Germany.
Fabian Song has won the following awards:
1996 – Singapore Teddy Bear Artist Award
1997 – Singapore Teddy Bear Artist Award
1998 – First runner up in British Bear Artist Award
1999 – First prize in Linda Mullins Teddy Competition
1999 – Toby Award – Public Choice Winner
2000 – Toby Award – Public Choice Winner
2001 – Winner of Golden George in Germany
2001 – Champion Winner of Hasselt in Belgium
2001 – Toby Award – Public Choice Winner
2001 – Golden Teddy Award Winner
2002 – Toby Award – Industry’s Choice Winner
Susan Redstreake Geary Bears – New Mexico Paws Teddy Bear, History, Information
Susan Redstreake Geary has been making and designing her own bears since around 1990 under the name New Mexico Paws. She started her business in New Mexico but now makes teddy bears in Baltimore, Maryland. She has produced and designed original, award winning art quilts for many of America’s top quilt magazines. She specializes in character bears that often come with props or pets. She produces over 250 bears a year, all by herself.
Susan has been nominated for many prestigious teddy bear awards including the Golden Teddy Award and won the American National Teddy Roosevelt Bear Contest. She also writes articles for a number of teddy bear magazines.
One teddy bear line Susan produced is “Camelot Remembered – A tribute to Jackie Kennedy”. It featured a teddy bear named “Jackie”, which came with a 1960′s blue hat and coat, a campaign button on the lapel and a music box inside the bear that plays the tune Camelot.
