Llavero Lobo

Lobo is Spanish for wolf, and this keyring carries one. The animal is handled in the stylised, angular manner that reads clearly at the size of a pocket charm, with muzzle, ears and brow cut back to their strongest lines rather than rendered fur by fur. Wolves earn their keep on keyrings. They turn up as team badges, as unit and squadron mascots, in Nordic and folkloric tattoo work, and as the animal people name when asked which one they would be. That gives a small piece like this a wide audience: a birthday extra, a stocking filler, a table gift at a themed party, or the thing you run off a dozen times for a club stall. It is also the sort of model that suits a first go with an unfamiliar material, small enough that a failed attempt costs nothing.