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So, what do you look for in a sleeping bag? Most people would probably say not much, except that it’s soft and warm. But once you take a look at this unique creation by Amsterdam-based Japanese artist Eiko Ishizawa, you might say that an interesting design also counts for something as well. It’s the “Great Sleeping Bear“, which began as one of Ishizawa’s art projects and is now getting a whole lot of attentionfor its amazing life-like detail and also its hefty price tag!
The 190 centimeter-long (approximately six feet, three inches) sleeping bag, which was originally created by Ishizawa in 2007, has a very real bear-like appearance. It was inspired by the true story of a “problem bear” who had wandered from the Italian Alps to the Bavarian side of the mountains in 2006. There was much debate about what should be done with the bear, who was eventually named Bruno, but in the end it was determined that he was too much of a threat to humans and other animals in the area and was hunted down. Ishizawa decided to recreate this sad incident in the form of a bear-shaped sleeping bag that symbolizes the often contradicting relationship mankind has with nature.
Full article continued at source: RocketNews24
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