Beaver in silver filigree on forest green Mid-century dress pale green mizutama tissue layered

pale green mizutama tissue layered over a shimmering pale green paper to give depth to the colour

They are the professors of the turtle world

that’s clearly a Hippocampus

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1980

Beaver in silver filigree on forest green Mid-century dress pale green mizutama tissue layeredWhats more Canadian than a beaver? Not much, youd think, what with it being our national animal and all. This beaver, however, is not Canadian; its a European beaver. But you probably cant tell, and neither can anyone else. If you dont tell, then neither will I. This bewhiskered beaver is made from orange and gold Nepalese paper and features a gold glass bead eye. It is based on a 1774 illustration of Castor fiber (European beaver) from Die Saugthiere