The Dodo
After Tenniel from his illustration for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
Lewis Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's) use of the Dodo in his book is a reference to himself, he had a stutter and very frequently pronounced his name "Do-do-dodgson".

Here the Dodo is about to take flight from his paper chrysanthemum. This flower is created using a ancient Chinese modular money folding technique.

Dimensions
22 x 9 x 12cm (including paper chrysanthemum)

Materials:
Silver wire, acid free tissue paper, copper walking stick,

Dodo Work in Progress - silver wire

Work in Progress in the Artists Studio testing the glass dome for size

Work in Progress in the Artists Studio

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