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| The bears go to visit Franco and his wife Jane at their studio and estate in Napa. Franco Vianello is the artist who creates the Dipsea trophy bears. Kay won the first one in 1988. Now there's only one left - who will bring it home? Franco brought the 'lost wax' casting techniques from Venice where he leaned the art as a young boy. He has been commissioned to do many, many magnificent pieces, some much larger than life size. He also creates the cougar trophies for Western States. Their website is here: http://vianelloarts.com/ |