15 August 2011

Inside Out Teddy Bears

All these inside out teddy bears are actually sweet, and a little bit frightening. This teddy bears originate from a book by Kent Rogowski just titled “Bears”.
The book includes images of stuffed bears which have been turned inside out, and re stuffed.
He says: “Simple patterns and devices never meant to be seen are now prominent physical characteristics, giving each one a distinctly quirky personality: their fasteners become eyes, their seams become scars, and their stuffing creeps out in the most unexpected places. Together these images form a topology of strange yet oddly familiar creatures. They are at once hideous yet cuddly, disturbing yet endearing, absurd yet adorable, while offering a metaphor for us all to consider. These bears, which have lived and loved and lost as much as their owners, have suffered and endured through it all. It is by virtue of revealing their inner core might we better understand our own. ”.


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