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In
autumn 1998 my colleague Shelly
Haugen asked me to make either a panda or a red panda for her bearmaking anniversary. Of
course I preferred the Red Panda as
this was a new challenge and I had always loved these pretty animals.
HunHo, the Chinese name of the red panda, has a shoulder height of 3" (8cm) and is around 12" (30 cm) long from nose to tail. He is made of mohair with some hand painted accents. |
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The raccoon, this is
my prototype, was designed in May 2000.
He was nominated for TED worldwide 2000 Together with a young brown bear another raccoon I made was nominated for the Toby Award in 2001. |
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For my first visit in South California in July 2001 I designed a coati , because they also live there. |
