Haras, flying bunny rabbits from Scratching at the Window, soft sculpture creations by Karen Waschinski

Haras, Flying Bunnies

The next time you are in the garden, sitting there quietly and dreaming, look around...

you might just see...

something,

or someone,

special

Like a Haras,

a winged bunny!

There are lots of wild rabbits in our neighbourhood this year, and so why not one that can fly!?

This is Nellie. She's a fragile little creature about the size of a baby rabbit (5 1/2 inches long) and is incredibly secretive and quick, as are all Haras. She's also incredibly agile, despite her fluffy body.

Created exclusively to benefit Hop-A-Long Hollow, the domestic pet rabbit rescue in CT, USA, part of this little girl's adoption fee will go directly to help her fellow rabbits. Nellie will be offered at the 24th Annual Teddy Bear and Doll Show in Bristol, CT, on October 12th, 2008.

Nellie was created in a super-soft patterned cream and tan German synthetic with a white underside to her tail. The inner ears are pink upholstery suede with safety-lock eyes and an embroidery floss nose and mouth. Her hind paws are ultrasuede and her toes are embroidery floss. The wings are purchased butterfly wings. Her whiskers are fishing line and her antennae are very thin curled wire. She's entirely wired and poseable (including her ears and tail), and stuffed with polyester fiberfil.