Toot the Northern Saw-whet Owl
Toot is a Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus. These are one of the smallest species of owls found North America and are quite common but generally hard to spot due to their small size and colouration. The tooting noise they make apparently sounds like a saw being sharpened on a whetstone!
Toot has been created using mini bear synthetic fabrics with ultrasuede talons and has been filled with a combination of polyfill and glass beads in his tummy (for little added weight). He has a jointed neck and wire armature in his wings and legs (including his talons) for poseability. He has beautiful realistic glass taxidermy eyes that have been set into specially constructed sockets, ringed by waxed cotton cord lids. His beak and claws have been sculpted from polymer clay with wire backs for secure attachment.
Toot's markings have been painstakingly hand shaded using an airbrush and there are machine sewn feather details on the wings and tail.
Toot measures approximately 6.5" in height, 3.5" wide and 7.5" from head to tail. Last but not least, there is an Arcas Designs fabric tag sewn in under Toot's tail.
Toot has been created using mini bear synthetic fabrics with ultrasuede talons and has been filled with a combination of polyfill and glass beads in his tummy (for little added weight). He has a jointed neck and wire armature in his wings and legs (including his talons) for poseability. He has beautiful realistic glass taxidermy eyes that have been set into specially constructed sockets, ringed by waxed cotton cord lids. His beak and claws have been sculpted from polymer clay with wire backs for secure attachment.
Toot's markings have been painstakingly hand shaded using an airbrush and there are machine sewn feather details on the wings and tail.
Toot measures approximately 6.5" in height, 3.5" wide and 7.5" from head to tail. Last but not least, there is an Arcas Designs fabric tag sewn in under Toot's tail.
*Gone to live with Otus in Wisconsin, USA*