Lilly’s brother Michael decided he wanted to motivate his troops with a trophy that can be passed around his team whenever anyone does anything sufficiently awesome. He had the idea of a trophy jackalope. Despite this being America we’re talking about, his colleagues were a bit squeamish about the idea of taxidermy, so he asked me if I had any ideas.
A plush jackalope seemed to be the logical solution, so while I was stateside this winter, I got to work. As accosting a sewing machine is much more my idea of fun than getting sloshed and/or cold, I spent my New Year’s Eve wrangling with a handsome 1970s Kenmore:
…Well, you wouldn’t want to be kenless, would you?
The antlers are the coolest thing about him – I stuffed each branch with pipe cleaner, so they can be bent into any shape and will stay there.
He’s hardly perfect – his head is too big, backside too small, and due to my low-rent sewing skillz, he is a bit twisted around, kind of reminiscent of the dramatic squirrel. I’m happy with him regardless, as he does actually look like a jackalope, and it always pleases me when the things I create end up looking like they’re meant to!
I named him Treehorn, and got plenty of photos of him before I left Americaland, including a full 360° of him. Try dragging or doubleclicking the above photo to see!
