【Live screen】Teddy bear making screen

  [Concurrent] Teddy Bear Hand Author Wen Shuang

  To me, the process of making teddy bears is a process of birth. From some pieces of cloth through your stitching, and then through your shape, to complete a "living" work, I think this process makes me very satisfied.

  [Concurrent] Teddy Bear Craftsmanship

  My name is Wen Shuang. I started making teddy bears in 2000, and I have made tens of thousands of bears in 20 years. There are about a dozen or twenty series of styles I designed, including couple series, palace series from various countries, and Chinese folk custom series.

  [Explanation] Walking into Wen Shuang’s hand-made studio is like entering the world of teddy bears. Newly-born milk bears, Zen bears that are already in dominance...Compared with the dolls made on a batch assembly line in the factory, the teddy bears here are designed, selected, stitched, and shaped by the creator himself.

  [Concurrent] Teddy Bear Craftsmanship

  I am making a bear now. If I make a new design, it will take a week to make this bear, about ten hours a day. If it is a new creation, it may take about ten and a half days. The most expensive teddy is some custom-made ones, which cost about 30 centimeters and more than 8,000 yuan. I hope that the people who collect my works can convey their positive energy of warmth and healing through my works, not only at home, but also with them at any time, which can have a kind of healing.

  [Explanation] Talking about why she opened a teddy bear studio, Wen Shuang told reporters that she was originally a designer of a foreign trade toy company, and her experience of seeing exhibitions abroad for many times allowed her to see the works of foreign teddy bear artists. With her enthusiasm for making teddy bears, she resigned and started her independent creation. She said that behind every hand-made teddy bear, there is its own story.

  [Concurrent] Teddy Bear Craftsmanship

  There was a couple in 2010 and they asked me to make a couple bear when they got married. In 2013, their first daughter was born, and they wanted to customize a bear for her daughter. In 2018, their second child was born again as a boy, which is equivalent to asking me to customize it again. She later wrote me a sentence because of the company of these bears that made her feel particularly happy. The witness of every step of the past ten years, I think it is also a very happy thing for me.

  [Explanation] Hairpin lady bear, Tang Dynasty poet bear, ancient philosopher bear... In recent years, Wen Shuang has also committed to promoting the "Chinese bear" overseas. She has participated in exhibitions in Germany, Japan and other countries, hoping to attract more foreign countries People see teddy bears with Chinese characteristics.

  [Concurrent] Teddy Bear Craftsmanship

  Like this group of bears in Chinese style, the poets of the Tang Dynasty and the maid of hairpins are like the feeling of the Tang Dynasty. Because there are more local European "bear fans" who go to the exhibition, they feel very new when they see it. There are also many (people) who ask how much they want to buy when they appreciate and take photos. It is also the promotion of traditional Chinese culture. In the future, if I have a more complete idea and then make it, I will still take it to participate in international exhibitions, hoping that I can make works that make me more satisfied.

  Liu Xuanting reports from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]