Lot Essay
JO GREENO
It is Jo Greeno's originality combined with her painstaking attention to detail which has helped to make her one of the world's top teddy bear artists. A former head teacher, she began making bears some five years ago, and rapidly acquired a keen following amongst British Collectors. A number of prestigious awards for creations like The Evacuee and Nora Batty helped to bring her to the attention of collectors from many other countries, too, and she made guest appearances at festivals in places far afield as America and Japan. Her picture even appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal! Jo specialises in unique, one-off designs, characterised by cartoon-like faces with large close-set eyes and smiling mouths. Most are then carefully dressed and accessorised to create the distinctive characters that have become her trademark.
It is Jo Greeno's originality combined with her painstaking attention to detail which has helped to make her one of the world's top teddy bear artists. A former head teacher, she began making bears some five years ago, and rapidly acquired a keen following amongst British Collectors. A number of prestigious awards for creations like The Evacuee and Nora Batty helped to bring her to the attention of collectors from many other countries, too, and she made guest appearances at festivals in places far afield as America and Japan. Her picture even appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal! Jo specialises in unique, one-off designs, characterised by cartoon-like faces with large close-set eyes and smiling mouths. Most are then carefully dressed and accessorised to create the distinctive characters that have become her trademark.