This Handmade Straw Bear Ceramic Decoration from Sand Pottery has been handcrafted in Liverpool based pottery studio by Caroline Sandford-Muir.

The stoneware clay has been cut into the shape of the folklore figure, and sgraffio used to draw the fine details of the costume. Underglazes and glazes have been used to paint in the starw. The hanging decoration has been finished with a green velvet ribbon for hanging. 

The Straw Bear is an English folklore figure and central to the Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival which takes place each January in Cambridgeshire. The costume is a 7-foot-tall straw-covered outfit. 

Product Specifications

Size: 13cm x 8.8cm x 0.5cm (not including hanging ribbon)

Material: Stoneware ceramic, glaze, underglaze, wire and ribbon 

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