teddy bear fur

ehewitt

Hi all, im looking to find somewhere in ireland that sells teddybear fur by the yard, anything ive found on the web seems to be out of the country and in these recessionary times im trying to support irish business...can anyone point me in the right direction?

thanks:)

TreasureBin

ehewitt wrote: »

Hi all, im looking to find somewhere in ireland that sells teddybear fur by the yard, anything ive found on the web seems to be out of the country and in these recessionary times im trying to support irish business...can anyone point me in the right direction?

thanks:)

I got acrylic fur from the Woollen Mills in Dublin years ago but I don't know if they're still doing it. They had different colours, animal prints, etc.

looksee

All fun fur has to be imported anyway so really its a question of do you import it or does someone else. It used be very readily available in a wide range of types and colours, but I have only seen the very basic stuff for sale on the odd occasion I have seen it over the last few years. I think this time you should just go to a specialist supplier and get the type you want.

ehewitt

thanks for the suggestions folks. ive found a fabric shop in kilkenny that has a nice selection, so happy days! Going to take a spin down there and have a look:)

Tiriel

That's great that you will hopefully get some! Would love to see what you do with it - keep us updated

ehewitt

Hi corkgirl,
i have agreed to make 200hedgehog hand puppets, dont know if im completely bonkers or just slightly demented, i will let you know how i progress, used to work at sets/props/puppets 10 years ago...but a while since ive done any actual paid work in the area!

im now a picture framer, 8yrs at that, so if anyone needs advice in that area im your girl!
im new to this but i think boards is an amazing resource, restores ones faith in humanity a bit! keep up the good work!

Tiriel

ehewitt wrote: »

Hi corkgirl,
i have agreed to make 200hedgehog hand puppets, dont know if im completely bonkers or just slightly demented, i will let you know how i progress, used to work at sets/props/puppets 10 years ago...but a while since ive done any actual paid work in the area!

im now a picture framer, 8yrs at that, so if anyone needs advice in that area im your girl!
im new to this but i think boards is an amazing resource, restores ones faith in humanity a bit! keep up the good work!

Awh that sounds fantastic! You might as well give it a shot - hope you post up pics for us to see 200 of them though - wow!

artieanna

ehewitt wrote: »

Hi corkgirl,
i have agreed to make 200hedgehog hand puppets, dont know if im completely bonkers or just slightly demented, i will let you know how i progress, used to work at sets/props/puppets 10 years ago...but a while since ive done any actual paid work in the area!

im now a picture framer, 8yrs at that, so if anyone needs advice in that area im your girl!
im new to this but i think boards is an amazing resource, restores ones faith in humanity a bit! keep up the good work!

I just want to say hi and welcome,
Your knowledge on both framing and puppets will be great to have around here....

ehewitt

thanks artieanna, always happy to help! enjoy the bank sorry public holiday wkend!