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<\/p>\nOur 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<\/p>\n
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…<\/p>\n
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… plus air-dried clay<\/p>\n
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… rough outline![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mikewardwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Possum_carve_1-300x225.jpg\")
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… taking shape<\/p>\n
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