#barksbog

[draconym]

Galaga is curious about them

[thegreatmachine17]

My hognose from @barksbog arrived today! Look at how cute he is in my little snake pile!

[pick-a-plush]

Have you done any plushies from Bark's Bog? They're super cute.

I have not, but it’s always great to get to know a new indie plushie creator!

All the plushies featured in this poll are from @barksbog so please go check out their page!

Which plushie would you adopt?

Top left: Bark’s Bog Fire Drakes

Top right: Bark’s Bog Western Hognoses

Middle left: Bark’s Bog Leopard Gecko Mack Snow

Middle right: Bark’s Bog Pacman Frogs

Bottom left: Bark’s Bog Monster Toad

Bottom right: Bark’s Bog Frog-Monster

Voting ended onJul 28, 2025

These are just a few of my favorite plushies they have on their website so if you like these please check out https://barks-bog.com and their next plushie drop is on August 8th!

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[certifiedthimble]

Exploring my bag (enrichment activity) @barksbog thank you for the little friend :)

[sewstarry]

Behind the Seams: Bark's Bog

Welcome to a Behind the Seams deep dive on Bark's Bog, investigating the ethics of plushie brands. You can learn more about this series here!

Maker: Bark's Bog

Based and Sewn in: Austria

Summary: Small queer plushie creator, details done in-house, actively minimizes factory involvement

Bark's Bog is a small-batch plushie artist based in Austria who creates nearly everything in-house, from sewing to embroidery to fabric printing. He's available on tumblr @barksbog !

Bark's Bog is as ethical as it gets. The only parts of his plushies that he doesn't make himself are the raw materials, such as fabric and eyes, which to my knowledge can be easily produced by machine. Even still, Bark works hard to avoid outsourcing to factories, including using his own embroidery and fabric printing machines. He also designs and patterns all of his plushies himself. You can find this information in the About section of his website and his blog.

I reached out to Bark directly, who confirmed that he does not use generative AI in any step of his process. He makes pride plushies yearly and does not do any sort of public fundraiser for it, but as he himself is a queer artist, I think that's more than fair. He also shared that he does donate privately in general when he can, which he believes is more effective.

It's worth mentioning that Bark was the inspiration for this series. He's very outspoken and passionate about ethical plushie manufacturing, as evidenced by his own business practices!

[draconesmundi]

I haven't finished Dracones Mundi but I sometimes print out sections of it to test the layout. Here is a Dracones Mundi Firedrake (made by @barksbog ) reading a Dracones Mundi prototype!

[brella-boi]

My fresh leafmeat arrived from @barksbog !!!! And it already made a stickbug friend <3

Thank you so much! He is absolutely wonderful I loooove the crinkle so so much

[mlimby]

@barksbog THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SLUG!!! GLUBBY FOREVRR!!