Have you ever read Alice's Adventure in Wonderland or seen the movie? This story is set in a fanciful land where mushrooms are as big as little girls and animals can talk. The rabbit in this image has a coat, a pocket watch and a very proper umbrella. The White Rabbit is the first character that Alice meets in Wonderland. This picture only shows the Rabbit although the sculpture includes other characters such as the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and Alice from this story by Lewis Carroll.

Jose deCreeft was born in Spain and studied in Paris before he moved to America. Most of his sculptures are directly carved out of stone. He started his career by apprenticing in a stone cutter's workshop to support his mother and siblings. He very seldom made bronze sculptures like Alice in Wonderland. One reason he wanted to create this sculpture was that he had read and loved the story. deCreeft told many people that he made the sculpture for children and that it was designed for them to climb on. That makes the sculpture even more special because, most sculptures are not intended for climbing.

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