Hi everyone  – my name is Hugh Robinson (just turned 59 for the record) and I live in Telscombe Cliffs which is 6 miles East of Brighton in East Sussex UK. I live here with my wife Christine and 3 nutty dogs! We enjoy walking our dogs along the Cliff tops and on the Telscombe Tye – which is part of the South Downs National Park. We moved here from London in 2006.

I have always been a “Beary” person and have collected quite a few Bears over the years – I have a few Steiffs amongst my collection -courtesy of Birthday and Christmas presents….!

I have always hankered at making Bears and in 2015 I spent a weekend with Bear Artist Barbara Ann of Barbara Ann Bears from Kent UK attempting to make a Bear – I think Barbara Ann made most of my Bear! But I went home happy and quite pleased with myself despite my half hearted attempt.

Anyhow here I am signed up with Teddy Bear Academy ready to have another proper go thanks to Laura Lynn’s very informative video’s  – they are the best I’ve seen – so here goes. And yes, I would quite like to one day be able to make my own  Bears to sell  – only in a small way ….Hopefully nice and slowly I’ll get there!