Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Artemas a Custom Bear Completed!

Work in Progress
Custom Bear Completed
Artemas!


After many weeks of hard fluffy work, this custom long
hair bear is completed!
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This bear has been graced with a most beautiful name Artemas, given to him from his new mommy, my new dear friend Lori.

Artemas means "peace and safety", a very strong name for quite
a personality packed bear.

Artemas is a large bear about 20" tall and made of very long faux furs imported from Israel.


I designed a nice bear collar for him with small shiny bells.


Over the course of the communication between myself and Lori, we have built quite a special friendship.


I am so honored to have a bramblewood bear to be a part of her wonderful
collection. Thank you Lori!


Artemas has needle felted and painted details to accentuate his colors and personality.


He has a very large shy grin and puffy cheeks.





Atemas says good-bye to our home and is off on his adventure to his new home!


Thank you Lori, and to all those who have followed his progress. Stay tuned for another custom bear work in progress being started in the next week.

If you are interested in your very own custom Bramblewood bear please email me at
delaneyduo@hotmail.com
and you could watch your bear come to life right before your very eyes.



17 comments:

Joanne@ Desertmountainbear said...

What a fantastic bear. His sweet happy ace with his gorgeous long fur. Such a wonderful combination.

Christel Hutson said...

Dear Tomi, Artemus is BEAUTIFUL!! He is my personal favorite I have seen from you. I also Love his name! I actually have this name "stashed away in my names to keep until my work has improved book" I want to someday create a beautiful Elven Male and name him Artemus. This bear evokes all that is bearsonality! He is absolutely stunning Tomi! I hope you are proud of him, you should be very proud. Excellence!!1 XOXO Christel

b.b.flockling * Rose said...

Oh my, Tomi!! The bearsonality this fellow has!!!! The two tone fur you have used BEAUTIFULLY accents his cute little body.
I agree with you, Christel, Artemus is now my new favorite. You have outdone yourself, if that is possible...lovingly, your mom

Bearly Sane said...

Lovely bear Tomi...great expression!
Warmest Hugs,
Sandi @ Bearly Sane

Im-bear said...

Tomi, Artemas is wonderful!!! Great personality and soooo long fur!!!

Bearhugs from Lithuania!
Ina

Lombardbears said...

He looks wonderful!!

Heather said...

What an absolute cutie! Wow, somehow I missed the last update... so I had to go back and see his painting progress too!
Absolutely amazing!

ginger@bearbits said...

What a stunning bear! A great expression and so much detail. I can imagine that the bear and the new owner will enjoy each other immensely.

~ginger

Abi said...

OMG, he is the most fantastic bear I have ever seen.. until the next one you create!! I wish he were mine :O)

Joanne@ Desertmountainbear said...

Hi Tomi, the beauty of your blog inspires me in so many ways. I have passed a blog award on to you. I hope you will go to my blog to pick it up, and see why you inspire me.

Bramblewood Bears said...

Christel,
I also love the name Artemus, although I can not take the credit for it's choosing. His sweet new mama picked that name for him, but I also adore this name and even it's strong meaning 'peace and safety' which spoke very strongly to my heart. Can't wait to see your book when it is all completed!!!
Bear Hugs and Blessings,
Tomi

Bramblewood Bears said...

Heather,
The painting process is my favorite part of the whole bear making adventure. It really just brings the bear to life! Kind of like me with my make-up in the morning hahahaha
Bear Hugs and Blessings,
Tomi

Bramblewood Bears said...

Abi, Ginger, Rose, Sandi, Ina, Lombard Bears, and Heather,
Thank you so much for your kind heart felt comments on my bear!
Bear Hugs and Blessings,
Tomi

Bramblewood Bears said...

Thank you so much Joanne for the wonderful compliment of awarding me with a blog award....I am deeply humbled that such a stunning bear artist would find inspiration from my work. Thank you ;)
Bear Hugs and Blessings,
Tomi

Angelsdoor * Penny said...

Dear Tomi
First I would like to thank you so much for visiting Colette and leaving such kind words..
Well, it seems that Artemus is a personal favorite of many, myself included.. Your work is exquisite Tomi.. I just love his sweet face.
Blessings,
Penny

Patricia Cabrera said...

Gorgeous! from head to toe! i wish I coudl see in person , Tomi, your bears are so , so sweet ! Each one has a natural aspect about it that makes me fall in love....grin..

All Bear said...

Such an 'alive' face! Beautiful creative work Tomi - any time you'd like to add new pics to the Guild, it will be my pleasure to showcase them!