{"id":970,"date":"2013-02-15T20:41:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthtoiris.wpengine.com\/?p=970"},"modified":"2016-01-22T16:18:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T08:18:55","slug":"teddy-bears-gerard-sola-borguno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earthtoiris.com\/teddy-bears-gerard-sola-borguno\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE TEDDY BEARS BY GERARD SOL\u00c0 BORGU\u00d1O"},"content":{"rendered":"BARCELONA |\u00a0Gerard Sol\u00e0 Borgu\u00f1o<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is a multidisciplinary artist who has turned his love-affair with Teddy Bears into one of his artistic expressions.\u00a0 He is actually a Teddy Bear\u2019s collector himself who has a passion for them since he was a child.\u00a0His second collection was launched in 2012.\u00a0Made of\u00a022\u00a0 more sophisticated Teddy Bears,\u00a0Gerard provided them with larger legs to make their figures more stylish.\u00a0 He also introduced a new character: cats.\u00a0 Like a pregnant cat or a surprised one named Wow.\r\n\r\n\"courtesy-of-gerard-sola-borguno-4-2\"\r\n\r\nGerard\u2019s Teddy Bears are hand-made. He carefully selects all the materials and fabrics:\u00a0 Silk, linen, velvet\u00a0 or embroidery.\u00a0 Fur and leather. Ancient, used or new. The important thing here is how he combines them.\u00a0 Velvet and stras with Swarovski crystals\u00a0 and some touches of\u00a0 hand painting.\u00a0 Also, the eyes are made of crystals and\u00a0 the whiskers\u00a0 of stainless steel.\r\n\r\nHis is a\u00a0small, unique and exclusive collection<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that has been having a great success among collectors. But also among children too. He knows how they love Teddy Bears.\r\n\r\nGerard is preparing a new collection of just four Teddy Bears in white cotton. For this one he found his inspiration\u00a0 in the colourful Holi festival in India. Promising!\r\n\r\nTeddy Bears were born after US\u2019 president Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt in 1902.\u00a0<\/em>When he was on one of his hunting trips he had mercy on a wounded bear.\u00a0 The anecdote ended up giving name to these lovely toys. And with decades Teddy Bears became collectible art objects.<\/em>\r\n\r\nClick the images below and enlarge the gallery to enjoy Gerard's Teddy Bears in full<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0All images courtesy of Gerard Sol\u00e0.<\/em>\r\n\r\n