MY BABY BEAR PLATE
AX2500
BABY BEAR
AX2700
SHANGHAI
BEAROLOGICS
THE
POLAR
BEAR
(URSUS
MARITIMUS) BELONGING TO THE
FAMILY OF “URSIDAE” OR WHITE
BEAR IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CARNIVOROUS
MAMMALS
PRESENT
ON
EARTH.
HIS
ENVIRONMENT IS TO BE FOUND
AROUND THE NORTH POLE, IN
THE ARCTIC SEA.
PUT THIS WAY, THE DEFINITION
LEAVES NO ROOM TO THE
IMAGINATION. THE WHITE BEAR
IS A HUGE MAMMAL PREYING
UPON SEALS IN THE ARCTIC
CIRCLE. HE SITS AT THE TOP OF
THE FOOD CHAIN. A PREDATOR
FIGHTING
FOR
HIS
LIFE
IN
AN
EXTREME
ENVIRONMENT.
THERE, IN A NUTSHELL, THE
CONCEPT OF WHAT THE POLAR
BEAR IS.
A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE
PATRICK AND I SPOKE ABOUT
THE BEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO FINE
TUNE THE PROJECT. IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN EASIER IF IT HAD
BEEN A MINIATURE BEAR ONLY,
BUT HERE WE HAVE TO COPE
WITH SOME DIFFICULTIES DUE
TO THE FACT THAT BEING “LIFE-
SIZE”, THE OBJECT IS REALLY
HUGE.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE LIKE
MAKING
OUR
PROJECTS
A
LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. WE
CREATED NOT ONE BEAR, BUT
TWO: A MOTHER AND HER CUB.
THE PRESENCE OF THE CUB
MAKES ITSELF EVIDENT THAT
THE BIG PIECE IS THE MOTHER.
BINGO. BESIDES, MALE BEARS
DO NOT CARE FOR THEIR
OFFSPRING.
HOWEVER,
THE
MOTHER PROTECTS HER CUBS
WITH HER LIFE, FOR THE FIRST
30 MONTHS.
DURING THE LAST MONTHS WE
HAVE ASKED SOME DESIGNERS
TO IMAGINE THE SHAPE OF
OUR BEARS, BUT WE HAD
NO SUCCESS. OUR IDEA
WAS TO SHOW THE SPIRIT OF
THE ANIMALS, NOT MAKE A
REALISTIC REPRODUCTION. AT
THE END, WE DESIGNED THE
BEARS OURSELVES.
YES, WE MADE OUR OWN
BEARS!
THE
IDEA
EVOLVED
LITTLE BY LITTLE UNTIL THE DAY
WE SAID:
“THIS IS HOW OUR BEAR
SHOULD LOOK!”
WE FOUND IT BY CHANCE,
YOU MAY SAY. OR MOST
LIKELY THE BEAR FOUND US.
