Handcut paper Bat, boxed. Handmade by Adele Pound in Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Numbered and limited edition of 25.

The story inside the box; ‘Many years ago, when I was in my teens, my family visited Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. At dusk we sat and watched 800,000 Brazilian freetail bats emerge in a vast cloud. In the gift shop there were t-shirt emblazoned with the words “Bats need friends too”. They only came in child sizes. I have never quite got over the disappointment.’

Approximate size: length 12.5cm, width 40cm.

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