We are family – a potpourri of collages
Aug 20th, 2010 | By mervi | Category: Featured articles20.8.2010 – Collages by Caren and Mervi
Why make collages when there are hundreds of thousands photos of our beloved bears? I guess the answer is that it’s simply such great fun! Everybody making collages knows that seeing a photo immediately makes you think how you could use it in a collage. Maybe it’s a way to express our feelings?
Here’s a selection of pictures made 2007 – 2010 published earlier as illustrations for stories in Knutitours. I hope they alsoalso tell you a little virtual story about Knuti’s life.
The collages of TD and Knut were made in the summer 2008.
I’m still sad and asking why when I think that TD isn’t with us any more but looking at these collages makes me remember the happy days and I can smile again. I hope you can do the same.
The Dream Team – always in our hearts
Of course, Knut is very interested in sports and he’s always supporting his team.
- Hey, this thing is too heavy! I certainly need more calories!! Sylvia, Marcus, Ronny – where’s my dinner?????
My enclosure must be clean and tidy!
A world famous bear is naturally wanted for all kinds of advertising……
This is for all the besserwissers
Don’t you think my Knucci bag is both elegant and practical? … and these boots are made for walking on the slippery rocks…..
A new era began when Fräulein Flocke entered Knuti’s life. I guess it was Teddybärenmutti who first informed us about her motto: THINK PINK. What fun it was (and still is!) to read Mutti’s stories and illustrate them with hopefully funny collages!
A romantic dinner for two
Flocke is a bear lady filled with energy and great ambitions. There was a time when she wanted to be a ballerina or should I say a flockerina? Maybe she gave up that career because it’s not so easy to dance ballet carrying a handbag…..
Baking croissants for Knuti
On a Halloween tour – Trick or Croissant!
Knut and Flocke wanted to make some changes in the enclosure and decided to do the job themselves.
Again something happened…. Rasputin aka Raspi came to Nuremberg from Moscow and we had to accept that Knut and Flocke weren’t meant to be a couple.
Two great philosophers
However, everybody soon fell in love with the charming Russian bear and the three bears became good friends.
Knuti, Flocke and Raspi spent their vacation together in the Alps
Don’t they look cute?
- Knuti, what kind of bears are these brown-white creatures?
A girl needs her beauty nap.Flocke soon realized Raspi could do much more than just entertain. Well, we all know how hard it is to find cleaning aid!
- Raspi, I think you should have undies while wearing the kilt!
Raspi’s night cap(s)
The knuditcard with unlimited amount of money on the account has given our bears possibility to travel a lot.
I think this photo was taken during their vacation in Trinidad & Tobago.
Our trojka even visited Victoria and Milak in Aalborg, Denmark.
Venice is, of course, a must even for polar bears…..
Talking about Italy ….. in the Autumn 2009 again something BIG happened. Signorina Giovanna from Hellabrunn, Munich came to Berlin to live with Knuti while her enclosure was rebuild.
The welcome dinner for La Donna
Suddenly the trojka had become a four-leaf glover!
Now we know that even Giovanna has left Knut to live together with Yoghi in their new wonderful enclosure in Hellabrunn.
The reports from Berlin tell us that Knuti has accepted the new situation quite well and enjoys eating, napping and playing ball with the visitors just like before.
Dear Knuti, my beloved bear boy, this is just another phase in your life. Soon you will have company again and I’m sure you will be a very happy boyfriend, husband and hopefully even a proud daddy in due course.
Flocke was your bride only in a virtual world, Giovanna was just a ‘loan’ but the third bear girl will be yours! I want you also always to remember that there’s a big world wide family that loves you dearly! You never walk alone!
Sorry, I messed up your cute face with my kisses but I just couldn’t resist…..
Bear hugs to everybody from Mervi
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Dear Knuti as they say in Dutch “Derde keer, goede keer”. So, it will only be a matter of the right time to arrive.
Dear Mervi!
Thank you for the nice collection! There are many memories and hope of happieness for all our beloved bears.
Hugs
Liebe Mervi,
Thank you very much for your nice collage-collection. These big bear family is so sweet!!!!!! I like each one of the bears!
LG Annemarie
Dear Mervi,
thank you so much for this historical story. It is so nice to sometimes look into the past to recall sweet memories. We have had a lot of fun together.
Also our beloved bears show us that times are changing, I look forward to see all the new adventures having now Big Yoghi in the group of our beloved bears.
Hugs from caren
Dear Mervi,
Just amazing collages and a wonderfully nostalgic look at ourbear world–all the wonderful additions and all the stories! Thanks for all you do! xo k-j
Dear Mervi
thank you so much for showing the lovely collages again. What a fun.
I have a big smile on my face.
Many hugs
Bea
Dear Mervi,
liebe Caren,
I cannot say much, I am completely touched and speechless. There you have something wonderful and special features created… A huge thanks for the ‘collagen-trip’ by Knutis past life – virtual & real !!!
On the next stops in Knutis life…
Phantastic, Grateful, Marvellous !!!
Many greetings from Hamburg
Conny HH
OH DEAR MERVI !!! I laughed, I cried and I remembered the wonderful times we have all had together with our Bears!!! Thank you for brightening my day with this wonderful “memory book!” This is the PERFECT time for us to all remember!!! Thank you dear Friend!!!
Eva
Liebe Mervi, liebe Caren
Ich hab mich beömmelt beim Anblick eurer Collagen und der Kommentare.
Da habt ihr euch aber wirklich selbst übertroffen mit dieser Zusammenstellung!
“K´nureal makes the babes sqeeke” mit dem blauen Quietscheentchen ist mein Favorit!
Danke für diesen köstlichen Spaß zum Wochenende!
Herzliche Grüsse
Crissi
Mervi, what a wonderful idea, the perfect way to “sum up” our life with the bears. I’ve seen most of these collages before, some I never saw until now…but they are ALL incredibly charming..and helpful too. Our time with Knut & Friends has been so full of ups and downs and all the fantastic creativity has been a great source of comfort. Thank you to both you and Caren and all the others who contribute here!
BH
Betsy
Liebe Mervi, liebe Caren,
wunder-wunder-wunderschön!
Es gibt mit den Bären so wunderbare Momente im Leben, aber diese Collagen sind der Hit!
Frl. Flocke im TüTü, ist der Renner für mich!
DANKE für die Mühe die Ihr Euch gemacht habt, ich kann nicht aufhören zu grinsen, einfach toll!
LG babs
Dear Mervi, dear Caren,
thank you so much for that hilarious collection of collages! I enjoyed each and everyone of it!! I can’t name a favorite, they’re all great and funny!
Bear hugs from
Heidi from Erlangen
Beautiful and very nice memories….. good timed forever…
Thanks Mervi and and all the artists of collages.
Luisa
Liebe Mervi! Liebe Caren!
Sweet memories.
I hope we can do more and more nice stories and collagues
So viel Mühe, so viel Liebe, so viel Fantasie!
Mervie und Caren, Ihr seid ein tolles team in creating “beary” stories!
Wun-der-schön!
Danke und liebe Grüße!
Goldammer
Hallo Mervi, hallo Caren,
ganz lieben Dank für diese wunderschönen Erinnerungen. Eure Collagen haben mich an die vielen zauberhaften Geschichten um Knut, Herrn Dörflein, Flocke, Raspi und all die anderen Eisbären erinnert, die ihr geschrieben habt.
Gisela
Dear Mervi und Caren
Wonderful to see again.
Thank you also to Teddybärenmutti.
Best wishes
Inge
Puh, I had to seek a long time, before I found where to track your former contributions to KWM. // Finally I found it in the right columne under “MAGAZINE AUTORS” .// It was such a good idea to present once more your lovely collages. Guess, which one is my all times favourit … Yes! The very last one shown above! It’s too sweet. I simply could watch it for hours without getting bored, // One occasion more to thank you for all your work around KNUTi and other bears and animals, and sometimes humans. Have a nice Sunday evening, and an easy-going new working week after some free time. Knuti-hugs!