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Oh Hayley he is wonderful!!!!! A big congratulations!!!!!!!
WOOOHOOOOO Well Done Hayley what an excellent creation.
Bear hugs and smiles
Kerrie :hug:
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Bunerong is awesome Haley!!! Way to go! Big, big congrats!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Tracy
Congrats Hayley wonderful bear!
Congratulations, Hayley! He's a really different and neat bear.
Awww you guys! You have all made me positively glow! Thanks so much..I love you all!
And BTW...winner or not...Bunurong is staying with me forever..I lub him too much to let him go.
Congratulations Hayley
That is so wonderful and what a super Aboriginal Bear you have made.
great to see another TT take out the prize!!!
Hugs
Carolyn
Congratulations Hayley never see a bear like that how did you think that up very clever ,and a great bear well done
Awsome! I love that bear.
Way to go Hayley!!!! I can see why he won. He is fabulous.
Congratulations Hayley!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
What an awesome bear nand well deserved win! :hug:
CONGRATULATIONS HAYLEY!!!!!!
What a unique idea!!! good onya!!
Matilda
Thankyou people...you really are the best friends a girl could ask for!
Fran, you asked how I thought up the idea? I live on an Island in Victoria which is a huge holiday destination for international tourists. I had been thinking for a while about a type of bear that is truly Aussie and that would appeal to the many Japanese tourists who search for something unique to take home. An aboriginal bear seemed logical so I started playing with painting the face in the traditional aboriginal style....and succeeded only in making a huge mess!
I was ready to give the idea away as the faces looked more clownlike than aboriginal. A few weeks later I was browsing in one of our local souvenir shops and they had some boomerangs and music sticks and other aboriginal items/artwork...all decorated with dot painting and it dawned on me that even though this type of painting is usually reserved for artwork...there was room for creative licence. So I went home made a few smaller bears and then Bunurong, and I loved how he turned out.
I hope to make some more at some stage but am working on bears for my show table in May at the moment and Bunurong took heaps of time.
What a fantastic bear Hayley. What a great honor, you must be so thrilled.