United Buddy Bears - The Irish Bear

The Irish Bear is also quite straightforward - it is designed to resemble a leprechaun smoking a pipe.

The Irish Bear is all clad in green, the iconic color of Ireland and St. Patrick.

The artist that worked on the bear was Shaun Patrick Dolan (what a super Irish name). I did not manage to find out more about this artist, he probably was not a famous or professional artist; maybe just some Irish bloke who was asked to paint the bear.

On the right side of the leprechaun bear's pants are shamrock motifs, one of the symbols of Ireland. There's also another shamrock on the left side of the bear's chest.

There's a large Celtic Cross on the back of the bear. The Celtic Catholic Cross was introduced to Ireland by either St. Patrick or St. Declan during the time they were converting the pagan Irish.

United Buddy Bears exhibition will continue until the middle of February at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, so be sure to check these bears out if you haven't. Next post I will feature another bear representing another country so stay tuned!


For other posts in this series, check out the following:


United Buddy Bears - The Malaysian Bear
United Buddy Bears - The American Bear

2012 Birthday Wishlist - Part 2

It seems like the birthday wishlist that I posted earlier comprise mostly of photography stuff, and most of them are either very expensive or hard to find if you don't know where to look for them. So I decided to expand my wishlist to include ordinary everyday stuff that people might be able to look for in any specialty shops or department store. Plus they are probably more affordable anyways ;) so less pressure on everyone!

1. Neckties - white, grey, light blue or silver colored.

2. Nice looking belt

3. Black slacks - waist size 36

4. Shiny tie clips (not pins!)

5. Smart Tag

6. Casing + non-shiny screen protector for Samsung Galaxy Mini (black, dark grey, dark purple, or dark red for the casing or casings)

I'll probably add more to the list as I think up other mundane stuff I can use that will not burn a hole in people's wallets.

If you want to see the original 2012 birthday wishlist, you can go here: 2012 Birthday Wishlist

United Buddy Bears - The American Bear

The American Bear is quite straightforward - the bear was painted and designed to look like the Statue of Liberty.

The artist that worked on the American bear was Bill C. Ray, an Alaskan painter who is based in his own studio in Berlin, Germany.

It's quite easy to associate the bear with the Statue of Liberty because the artist did such a good job at making sure the important elements are there.

The  bear has irisless eyes and wears a diadem just like the Statue of Liberty, with spokes emanating out to represent rays of light. The difference is that the spokes are more rounded to make the bear look less menacing (in my opinion), and also there are six spokes instead of the seven on the Statue of Liberty. I have no idea why there is a missing spoke, it was probably an oversight by the artist, or maybe it was intentionally done. I am not quite sure.

The bear also holds a torch on its right hand, but since its left hand is also raised, it does not hold a tabula ansata (tablet) like the original Statue of Liberty.

United Buddy Bears exhibition will continue until the middle of February at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, so be sure to check these bears out if you haven't. Next post I will feature another bear representing another country so stay tuned!

For the first post in the United Buddy Bears series, go here: United Buddy Bears - The Malaysian Bear