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Launched by the Enesco in 1992, the Cherished Teddies collection depicts teddy bears in a variety of themes and activities. Since its debut, the collection has expanded to include figurines, ornaments plush, and decorative accessories - all depicting the bears created by celebrated artist, Priscilla Hillman. Each Cherished Teddies figurine has its own personality, name and message, and carries a Certificate of Adoption which can be completed and forwarded to the Cherished Teddies Adoption Centre for registration.

The Cherished Teddies bears came about when Priscilla Hillman turned to drawing one-dimensional teddy bears while recovering from a back injury. In 1990, she sent her sketches to Enesco president, Eugene Freedman, who decided her drawings would make excellent three-dimensional giftware items. The Cherished Teddies collection was introduced in 1992 with 16 highly-detailed cold cast figurines, and has since become one of Enesco's fastest growing and most popular collectibles.

Each figurine is crafted from resin, a material that allows for extensive detailing, because of the cold casting technique. Cold cast means that the resin is poured into a flexible rubber mould and left to dry without using heat. With the absence of heat, the dry mould is left with a flexibility that allows for further shaping and sculpting. Because of this process, Cherished Teddies figurines require a high degree of hand finishing and detailing by skilled artists.

To help collectors learn more about the collection, Enesco launched the Cherished Teddies Club in 1995. This club has become the company's fastest growing Collectors' Club, welcoming over 80,000 members during its charter year. Club membears are entitled to a variety of benefits including exclusive member-only figurines and newsletters.

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