My new Premium collection of Winter Bears are now in stock.

Welcome to my online shop and thank you for popping by, I am a bear and textile artist designing and creating unique one of a kind items for the adult collector and have been creating collectable Artist bears since 2014, I hope you enjoy browsing my online Folksy shop.
UK POST All items except for the letterbox gifts/cards are posted by Royal Mail Tracked 48 parcel post and will be charged at a flat rate of £3.95, if you order more than one item the second will be free or I will upgrade as required with no extra cost to you.
INTERNATIONAL POST - Due to new regulations I no longer post to Europe or NI. if I overcharge on International postage rates I will refund the excess.
Thank you, Debby

Beautifully detailed Heirloom Gifts & Unique Keepsakes designed for the Adult Collector.

I'm Debby, I live in a small village on the East Coast of Yorkshire and work full time as a Bear & Textile Artist.
I love the intricate details found in Victorian and Heritage styles and this influence can be seen throughout my work, hand embroidery is my passion and I love to create one off pieces that will be treasured for many years to come.
I have City & Guilds 'Design for Fashion' 1 & 11 which required high levels of accuracy whilst designing and creating haute couture standard garments, other than that I am self taught through many years of trial and error.
I began making bears to sell in 2014 whilst working locally for a steel fabrication company, in September of the same year my first spine operation failed and I was forced to retire from the clerical position I had enjoyed for 14 years. Not ready to accept retirement I began creating, firstly as 'Designs by Debby' then in 2015 I joined Facebook, renamed to Bearlescent (purely a made up name) and threw myself into full time designing and bear making.

Fast forward to December 2024 and 680 bears later, a milestone I never imagined possible. 680 artist bears, each one different and with their own personality.
Over the past couple of years I've introduced some smaller embroidered collections and gifts to Bearlescent including the Woodland collection and Letterbox gifts, all Woodland themed animals hand sewn in wool felt and adorned with hand embroidery.
I'm hoping 2025 will see a return of the dolls, I love dolls and the process of doll making, especially those with a Victorian vibe, delicate details and hand embroidery.

In Autumn 2024 Teddy Bear Times Magazine (the biggest bear magazine in the world) contacted me to ask if they could do a feature on me and my bears, I was so excited to receive the printed copy in January, it was such an amazing achievement and I feel very thankful to them for their interest and recognition in me as a Bear Artist.

A little about me...I'm passionate about music especially Rock, Goth and Metal and rarely is my house free of music. I love dabbling with palmistry, tarot, witchcraft and all things divination, regularly attend concerts/live music venues, enjoy the twice yearly Whitby Goth Festival and love spending time with my gorgeous little grandson. I live with chronic pain but will not let my disability define me ...I'm a glass half full not half empty.

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