Saturday, April 16, 2011

Panda and Sun Bear hand carved stamps - at the Bear Party!

"Nature is my friend" is a wonderful blog by artist Jessica Gowling. It's fast becoming a favourite stop as I love reading about printing processes and viewing great work and Jessica combines both really well in her posts. This week Jessica made a call out on Twitter for Bear themed submissions and many artists responded!

Here's what I submitted



Sun Bears are my favourite of all bears. They’re found it various parts of South East Asia and spend much time in trees. Numbers are declining due to horrendous actions such as poaching them for fur and bile (the bile is for medicine despite there being a synthetic substitute).

Panda’s are of course well known. There is no question that they are adorable. But short of adding thick rimmed glasses and a pocket protector – I can’t draw them with anything but vacant stare.  Pandas are an endangered species. They have a low birth rate and can’t contend with the loss of habitat.

You can see lots more bear art on Jessica's collaborative blog post!

15 comments:

  1. These are lovely. I especially love the Sun Bear!

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  2. Chantal I just love that panda, what a cute expression on it's face. xo

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  3. Chantal, they are unbearably cute....... sorry couldn't resist the pun, they are gorgeous.

    Claire :}

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  4. Very cute (hehe and I like Claire's pun...) ~L

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  5. the sun bear is also my favorite :)

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  6. Great bears! It does not matter that they have that bear-look, they are born that way! What a fun blog she has, too!

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  7. Great bears! It does not matter that they have that bear-look, they are born that way! What a fun blog she has, too!

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  8. Absolutely love the face on the left one!

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  9. Sun bears are my favorite too. So much strength in such a tiny package! We have a couple of gorgeous Sun Bears at the Canberra Zoo.

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  10. Lurve your bears, they're divine. Am pleased you made mention of the bear poaching as it is such a horrid life for them.

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  11. wow, this makes me wanna start making stamps! and i agree, sun bears are lovely! x

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  12. these are beautiful! can I ask what Ink you used to stamp with? Thanks so much xx
    tigerlillyquinn.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Hi Fritha, Thanks for your comment. Sorry for the delay in response. I haven't purchased ink in a while but for much of my stamping in the past I have used the ColorBox 'Queue' range - sometimes called cats eyes. I found the best place to buy them seemed to be Ebay. i hope this helps!

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