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Cherished TeddiesLaunched
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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