Bear Hug by Jacob Stack

The results are in.

Earlier this month, with a signed Bear Hug print by Donegal artist Jacob Stack from Jam Art Factory on offer, we asked you for details of your favourite teddy.

Thank you for your cuddly reminisces.

After much deliberation, Mark at Jam Art chose reader Paul‘s entry, a multi-generational odyssey of a one-eyed ted:

“My favourite teddy never had a name, he was just mine. Or rather, he was my sister’s and then became mine when she moved onto bigger things. He came to me missing an eye and some fur and (as I would find out much later) his props like a soft heart and toy chair.

I never carried him with me really, he’d usually stay in bed or put up on a shelf to keep an eye on me but I’d give him a little squeeze when passing by. He’d be hidden when we had visitors younger than me, I’d greet them and then quietly slip upstairs to pop him under a pillow or into a cupboard and then return downstairs to play.

When my own son was born, I wanted to pass him down but he’d spent, like most teddys, some time in the attic and it wouldn’t have been safe. But I dug for a few hours around in my parent’s attic to find him, overcoming my own claustrophobia in the process (that was 3 hours of genuine, gripping terror) and a few days of gently washing, repairing, de-moulding, re-stuffing to bring him back up to spec and he now overlooks my son’s play area upstairs. He still puts up with some abuse as only a two year old can dole out but it’s nice to have him back where he belongs.”

Mmmf.

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