The Tove
After Tenniel from his illustration for Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There'

First verse of 'The Jabberwocky':
" Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."

'Well, "slithy" means "lithe and slimy." "Lithe" is the same as "active." You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word.'
'I see it now,' Alice remarked thoughtfully: 'and what are "toves"?'

'Well, "toves" are something like badgers - they're something like lizards - and they're something like corkscrews.'

'They must be very curious-looking creatures.'

'They are that,' said Humpty Dumpty: 'also they make their nests under sundials - also they live on cheese.'

Dimensions
29 x 12 x 12cm

Materials:
Materials:
Silver wire, 9ct gold wire (monocle), acid free tissue paper.

Tove Work in Progress - silver wire & paper

Tove in wireframe - work in progress

Work in Progress in the Artists Studio

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