I'm having a week off from Friday 4th July so will be unable to process any orders until my return.

Welcome to my online Folksy shop and thank you for popping by
I am a Bear and Textile artist, designer and creator of one of a kind collectable bears for the adult collector and unique keepsake gifts

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. If cards are purchased to be posted with another item I will refund the postage on them.
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.
2025 has arrived and I've started designing some dolls, I love dolls and the process of doll making, it's been a few years since they sat with the bears on the shelf so I'm enjoying rekindling them again

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.

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