Kathy Myers  ... Faculty of Bears & Stuffies Instructor

I have an art degree and I worked in art related fields before I started freelancing. I have been a Teddy Bear Artist since 1988. I love learning and I am always either taking a class or self-teaching myself different medias, such as: drawing, painting, jewelry design, wearable art, sculpture or whatever catches my fancy at the time. But regardless of the class I am taking it always reflects in my bears.

For me, art is not what I do but it is my "way of life". It seems many of my experiences somehow get translated into an "artistic expression" (mostly in the form of a tiny teddy).

I am a self-taught teddy bear artist. My vintage mink teddy bears are small and miniature in size. They are one-of-a-kind artist bears with finely defined puffy cheeked sweet faces. My little teddies have become well known for their high quality and I continue to strive to maintain my hard-earned reputation. I never release any of my bears for adoption until they let me know that they are the very best that they can be.

For over two decades my creations have taken the form of precious sweet-faced little teddy bears and animals. Over the years my bears continued to shrink to smaller and smaller stature until they are currently small enough to be the keepers of colorful hearts and baby dragons...and who knows what else. It is the ultimate mission of my teddy bears to be creatures of comfort and joy in the lives of all those who welcome them into their homes.