Our son Tom who has lived and worked in the UK for several years had a look at images of the wood carvings in our last exhibition and was rather taken by the meerkat. This was unfortunately unavailable however as it had been commissioned by a South African family who had migrated to Queensland, and were missing their native wildlife
On hearing he said that he too would like a reminder of his early years in Brisbane and suggested that a possum would be ideal. I had a suitable piece of Queensland cedar but I thought I should start off with a rough model to try to capture the typical pose of these nocturnal visitors along the branches of the local eucalyptus trees…
… wire framework
… plus air-dried clay
… rough outline
… taking shape
… as shipped