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The "Samurai Mouse" features fearsome whiskers. "There's so many layers of texture, finish, and complexity," notes artist Jeff de Boer. "All for your little mouse."
The "Roman Gladiator Mouse" took some 50 hours to create.
The artist inspects his latest commission, a hybrid Indian-Polish-themed mouse with features from Maratha armour and the distinctive wings of the Polish Hussars, which took some 200 hours to create.
The recently completed "Tudor Cat" on a table in de Boer's Calgary studio.
A variety of the components crafted by de Boer to create his mouse armour. Most armour may be fashioned from between 50 and 300 separate pieces, including tiny rivets.
The copper and brass “Black Night Jousting Mouse" is ready for a tournament.
De Boer's latest commission, “Maratha Empire and Hussar Fusion Mouse” features elements of 17th-century Indian armour as well as the distinctive wings of the Polish calvary's Winged Hussars.
The “Tudor Cat” armour is crafted from nickel, brass, aluminium, and leather.
De Boer at his soldering bench in his Calgary studio. He estimates he’s created more than 500 pieces of animal armour since he crafted his first mouse armour 36 years ago.
The artisan secures tiny rivets that hold together the flexible scales of mouse armour.
