The Pine-Needle Bear
Got this the other day and thought it was pretty cool:
What to do when you decide to be a poor country folk artist? With little if any money you must be creative. Use your resources. This artist (Idaho) did just that. The bear is from pine needles, a couple hundred thousand of them! The artist gathered them off the ground, sorted, washed, trimmed and hand-weaved them. Took over 8 months to make the life-size bear!
The email didn't say if the pine bear is for sale or what it might cost, though.
Dang, that bear is neat! Gotta love the American artist/entrepreneaur! (sp?)
Posted by:JJ | May 12, 2008 at 02:09 PM
That's cool! I'd love to know what it costs.
Posted by:Doug In Wisconsin | May 12, 2008 at 02:10 PM
He might want to put a "NO SMOKING" sign around the bears neck. That bear would go up in flames in a second. Really cool and unique!
Posted by:Chad | May 12, 2008 at 02:33 PM
Ah, artists. They are a bit weird, but they can make some awesome stuff. That bear is cool, I just hope a squirrel doesn't find it and make short work of it.
Posted by:Silverback | May 12, 2008 at 02:35 PM
Thats cool. I'd like to see one that looks like a BIG buck!
Posted by:Scott | May 12, 2008 at 02:49 PM
That is some serious dedication. It's very cool though. I wonder if he's selling it and, if he is, for how much.
Posted by:Kristine Shreve | May 12, 2008 at 05:33 PM
Hey all, I emailed the artist and told him about seeing the bear and how impressed we all were. I got a reply that said it takes him 3 months to make a bear cub and 8 months to make a large bear. He said he sold a cub for $5000 had another if I was interested. lol. If I had $5000 sitting around to blow it would be on a nice goat hunt.
Posted by:Doug In Wisconsin | May 13, 2008 at 08:23 AM
Doug that's awesome man! Anybody gonna go 5K for the pine bear, lol?
Posted by:Hanback | May 13, 2008 at 08:56 AM
Come on Mike, I thought you'd pony up and get it.
Posted by:Doug In Wisconsin | May 13, 2008 at 09:09 AM