New Piglet Workshop at Wayneston Studios!

Hello and Greetings to everyone!

We are pleased to introduce a brand new workshop at the start of 2019!

Learn to create a Fortune Piglet, in celebration of the year of Pig!

In 2 lessons, you will learn sewing and jointing techniques. As a bonus, you will learn how to create a tail with wire armature, needle sculpted paw and footpads.

So come and join us and have fun! Bring your very own handcrafted Fortune Piglet home!

Register now at: http://bit.ly/suzypiglet

*Weekday classes are available too.
For enquiries, kindly email to waynestonbears@yahoo.com.sg

Wayneston Studios & Team wishing all a wonderful, blessed and prosperous year 2019!

Cheers,
Wayneston Studios & Team

New Bear Workshop in March!

Wayneston Studios is pleased to introduce a brand new workshop in March!
In 2 lessons, learn to create a 7 inch tall Teddy Bear like Lemon Butter!

Seats are limited!
*Private classes on weekdays are available, email us for more info.

Register your interest now with Wayne at: waynestonbears@yahoo.com.sg

Experience the Art of Doll Making with Carmel Ooi

Wayneston Studios is pleased to collaborate with Art Doll Artist, Carmel Ooi to introduce doll making workshop. In the month of April, we will be learning how to make a 5 inch bundle baby from Prosculpt polymer clay specially imported from USA!

As demand for these workshops is expected to be high, places are limited and on first-come, first-served basis.
Sign up for her bundle baby workshop today!

Limited to 8 pax per session.
Register your interest now with Wayne at: waynestonbears@yahoo.com.sg

Cheers,

Wayneston Studios & Team

Happy Lunar New Year!

Dear Valued Customers,

We would like to thank you for your continued support throughout the years.

We want to wish you and your family, a very happy and prosperous Lunar New Year.

Wayneston Studios will be closed from 16 February to 19 February.
Business will resume on Tuesday, 20 February 2018.

Cheers,
Wayneston Studios & Team

Lucky Puppy Workshop, 21 & 28 January 2018

To commemorate the Year of the Dog, Wayneston Studios conducted a brand new Puppy Workshop - "Lucky". The two-day workshop saw five students namely, Carmel, Joanne, Bernadette, Fei and Nicole joining the class.

The puppy workshop took slightly longer to complete, as compared to making a conventional teddy bear. Nevertheless, the five students were determined and managed to finish their creations on their own.

We were happy to have Carmel and Bernadette coming back for more bear making sessions. They both took this chance to ask more questions and enhanced their skills as they refreshed their memory of what they had learnt during their first class with Wayne last year.

L-R: Joanne, Bernadette, Fei, Carmel and Nicole

Lucky is looking at them!

As for Fei and Joanne, it was their very first time sewing and learning how to make a "Teddy Bear"from scratch. Wayne shared with them the basic sewing techniques and to their credit, they were able to pick up the skills quickly.

Nicole, a self taught bear maker

Nicole, a self taught bear maker, already has some Teddy Bear making knowledge. To-date she has made more than seven bears, an impressive feat! She joined the class to better learn and understand how to improve her skills.

Everyone was very patient and excited during the creative process, with Wayne happy to see the final results, as the "puppy creations" turned out truly well. 

Congratulations to Nicole for completing your very first puppy!

Congratulations Joanne!

Puppy made by Joanne

Bernadette is happy to complete her first puppy!

Puppy made by Bernadette

We would like to thank Carmel, Bernadette, Fei, Joanne and Nicole again for joining the class. We hope Lucky the puppy will bring them loads of luck and prosperity in the coming Lunar New Year.

Wishing all a WOOFderful and blessed Happy Lunar New Year!

Cheers,

Wayne

Fun with Pico Dragons

This is the very first time Wayneston Studios has organised such an event!

Last week, Wayneston Studios hosted "Fun with Pico Dragons" and we were excited to see four participants attending the event.

L-R: Chio, Wayne, Philip, Su Ling and Carmel

To join this event, participants purchased a Plamodel Pico Dragon (Viloet or Ashes) from Wayneston Studios and enjoyed the complimentary session to D.I.Y and apply basic make-up on their Pico dragon.

The participants were all very friendly and we had a great time assembling and customising our unique Pico Dragon! First, we gave the dragons light sanding with fine graded sand papers and used a dry paint brush to apply pastel colours onto the various areas which we wanted to highlight. Lastly after the shading, we gave the dragon a coat of glitter for the finishing touches and prayed fixatives to seal the paint. In a few hours, the dragons all appeared to be colourful and painted in our unique style!

Pico Dragons' makeup by everyone!

Wayne's Pico Dragon

Thank you Philip, Chio, Carmel, Su Ling for joining us! We look forward to meeting you in our next event!

Hugs,

Wayne Lim

Make-a-Bear Workshop 18 & 30 December 2017

We have a wonderful group of four students attending our last Teddy Bear Workshop before we bid good bye to 2017.

The four students namely, Christine, Jen, Choy Har and Aaron learnt how to create a Teddy Bear from Wayne.

L-R: Aaron, Christine, Jen and Choy Har

As the four participants have never made a Teddy Bear before, Wayne share the rules and principles of bear-making in great detail.

Wayne shared the importance of choosing the right fur for the right project and identifying the fur pile direction before cutting the fur.

Although first timers, the participants were able to sew nicely and displayed great dexterity with their fingers. After the two-day classes, they have all completed the Teddy Bears and the smiles on their faces seemed to indicate that their efforts have been all  worthwhile!

At the end of the creative session, we took a group photo together with our trophies (Teddy Bears).

L-R: Aaron, Christine, Choy Har and Jen

Thank you Christine, Jen, Choy Har and Aaron for joining our workshop. We look forward to meeting you again!

Teddy Bear Appreciation Session with Kay & Brian Cooper, 30 December 2017

Kay & Brian Cooper are the creators of "The Dolls Coop" and "Cooper Bears" with more than 20 years of bear-making experience.

They own a Teddy Bear Shop (Cottonwool Creations) and Teddy Bear Hospital in Western Australia.

A very warm welcome to Brian and Kay for visiting Singapore. 

On 30 December, Kay and Brian gave a sharing session on the History of Bear Making and Teddy Bear Restoration at Wayneston Studios. The event was a blast! We had more than 15 participants!

Everyone was attentive during the sharing session. 

Kay sharing the types of joint used on vintage bears. 

Kay started by sharing the history of bear making and provided lots of presentation slides of customers' old bears. Some of the bears are in well-loved and in very good condition (in spite of the number of years), whereas some were badly torn into pieces and could not be easily identified because they have been mangled by over-enthusiastic dogs!

The Teddy Bears on every slide, tells a unique story. Each story told us how much love the Teddy Bear has given to the owner during their childhood. No matter how bad the condition, they gave nostalgic memories of the past which are valuable and priceless.

Kay with her handmade creation, Andrew.

Kay also shared tips on Teddy Bear restoration, the choice of stuffing and materials she used for repairing. We were inspired by the stories and adventures they shared! After the sharing session, some collectors adopted the bears made by them and Kay signed on their certificates.

We took a group photo together before we bid good bye to our Australian friends.



We would like to thank Kay, Brian and everyone for taking the time to participate in this event!

We look forward to our next Teddy Bear Appreciation session. Do keep a look-out for the next session on our blog!

Cheers,
Wayneston Studios