This piece is from my Teddy Unnatural History body of work. To create my teddy bear natural history pieces I start with various breeds and reverse engineer the physical ‘evidence’ of their biological history in needle felted wool, a material perfectly suited to representing fuzzy and soft yet firm and structural bones and tissues of stuffed animals.

This photograph of my wool sculpture ‘Ursulus lenis’ is matted and ready to be placed in an 11x14” standard frame. The photograph is mounted using archival photo corners and the off-white matboard is signed. This image is printed on Kodak Endura Paper, designed to last for generations. Kodak's tested light-keeping is equivalent to 100+ years before noticeable fading occurs in a typical home display, and over 200 years in dark storage.