by Heather Lyell
Designed and hand made in New Zealand by
one of the world's leading Teddy Bear Artists
"Softies with Attitude"
Welcome to our world of bears and other friends. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Roy and I have been making bears in Auckland, New Zealand since 1991 and amazingly still get as much pleasure from it as we did when we started.
Heather has had a wonderful career with the bears starting with her artist creations, designing for the famous companies Hermann Teddy Original from Germany then Charlie Bears in England. We have exhibited extensively including Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, China and USA. It's been a fantastic journey and has been a delight meeting collectors from around the world.
Our Artist Bears come with everything you see and we hope you enjoy them as much as we had creating these wonderful display pieces! As always please let us know what you think as we love hearing from our collectors.
Besides making bears, we also run a Bed & Breakfast. We have enjoyed seeing our guests faces when they see the bears on display as few would have known about them before arriving. Many bears have found now loving homes and we it has been wonderful to share them with our guests.
Please check us out at www.thegrangeauckland.com as we would love to see you!
If you are in Auckland, you are always welcome to pop in to see us in our studio where we have a small showroom. Just give us a call first to make sure we are here and not away travelling with the bears.
Beary regards,
Heather & Roy
Updated April 2024
