Listening Hare Sculpture by Christine Baxter

We used to have a small house in France where my husband Alex ran art holidays, and we were over there for a month when I found that my clay had gone hard. But I had a bag of plaster and some chicken wire. Being fond of hares, I thought that I would make a hare. I think this pose is very iconic and just says “I am a hare” very loud and clear. I brought home the finished piece that was made in plaster of paris and decided to cast him in iron resin rather than bronze resin because this seemed more appropriate for his brown colouring. Of all my hares, the Listening Hare remains the most popular. This was the first.