Bears In Love statue

Gama-Go's Greg Long pointed me to these sugary sweet little porcelain "Bears In Love" by Katherine Grandey and Andy Byers, available from Etsy for $69. The pair is available for $69 on etsy. You can "inquire for individual bear," but I bet it would be lonely.
Bears In Love

[#1 posted by Anonymous , February 19, 2009 12:06 PM]

So would this be two males fighting over a female? That sort of bears in love?

[#2 posted by jahknow , February 19, 2009 12:06 PM]

I know someone who would appreciate this. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

[#3 posted by joel_kelly , February 19, 2009 12:20 PM]

i want!

[#4 posted by Anonymous , February 19, 2009 12:28 PM]

It's a bit granny-kitsch for Boing Boing really isn't it? I mean you start with porcelain bears in love, pretty soon porcelain clowns are weeping under porcelain umbrellas.

[#5 posted by Jazzhigh , February 19, 2009 12:28 PM]

Look closely, those bears aren't in love... They are clearly working out a master plan for picnic basket theft.

[#6 posted by jjasper , February 19, 2009 12:53 PM]

One for Stephen Colbert?

[#7 posted by Bemopolis , February 19, 2009 1:00 PM]

Based on the price I would have expected the bears to have a, um, different relative orientation.

[#8 posted by thehoundoflove , February 19, 2009 1:14 PM]

Damn you JazzHigh and your hilarious comments.
Gettin' me busted at work.
Maybe everyone else just thinks I'm laughing at this HILARIOUS paper work.

Hmmm... come to think of it, I actually did laugh at some paperwork once. I was filing some medical records and one of them was an office visit for a man who had hurt his arm trying to catch a falling microwave. I always like to imagine that scenario for a good chuckle...

Wait, what does this have to do with bears?

[#9 posted by rookling , February 19, 2009 1:59 PM]

Gak. People want this? These? Whatever the wording is.

[#10 posted by copiesofcopies , February 19, 2009 2:33 PM]

Schlock by any other name, including "hand-crafted," is still schlock. These should at least contain salt and pepper.

[#11 posted by dofnup , February 19, 2009 2:41 PM]

But where are they available, and for how much?

[#12 posted by wolfiesma , February 19, 2009 2:50 PM]

Sweet little bears. They remind me of a set of ceramic coffee mugs from the 70's and 80's. You know the ones with all the animals doing weird sex positions? Apparently my parents didn't see anything wrong with letting their children drink orange juice out of cups like these:
http://www.fussy.org/2007/05/ou-sont-les-mugs-dantan.html

[#13 posted by Antinous / Moderator , February 19, 2009 3:48 PM]

Here's the live action version.

[#14 posted by heyfred , February 19, 2009 8:22 PM]

What? On boing-boing? Really?

[#15 posted by Talia , February 19, 2009 9:14 PM]

So I understand the pair is available for $69 on Etsy? :p

[#16 posted by AlanJ , February 20, 2009 7:06 AM]

They remind me of the Ghosts in Love salt and pepper pots my friend game me:

http://flickr.com/photos/beerandnoodles/2216466205/

[#17 posted by Crunchbird , February 20, 2009 7:23 AM]

I look forward to the upcoming collection of "Hummel Zen" links.