We have carried June Kendall’s Hardy Bears at Corfe Bears for many years, but we are very pleased to add these little characters to our website collection

June Kendall has been designing and creating teddy bears for 18 years, since being inspired by a visit to the Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford.  Also a watercolour artist, June was exhibiting paintings in an exhibition to celebrate 150 years since the birth of Dorset’s Thomas Hardy when she began her teddy bear artistry; hence the name ‘Hardy Bears’.

Hardy Bears are miniature masterpieces, crafted in the finest mohair.  They are fully jointed, traditional teddy bears, partly filled with steel shot to give them a lovely weighty feel and make them sit well.  Many of June’s bears are beautifully dressed and they all have in common a thoughtful expression that makes them wonderfully endearing.

Click here to look at our selection of miniature Hardy Bears