Baby Auka. Author's toy is made of wool

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In the Slavic legends and beliefs, Auka - the spirit of the forest that never sleeps and is always eager to make fun of a random passer-by or lost mushroom picker.
Auka looks at first glance quite harmless: it is a small forest creature of small size with a round convex abdomen. Favorite pastime Auki was always the jokes and pranks - in the winter he fooling lost in the woods man, the cunning comments from several sides and could lure in a real wilderness from which escape will be very difficult.
Not to get into such a situation, it is important to listen and voice to distinguish an acquaintance from the forest of evil.
However, despite this characteristic, Auka very good-natured. If you read the old Russian tales, it is easy to make. In the hut of the forest spirit, which is usually located in the deep thicket, warm even in the dead of winter. Auka not only distracts people from the road (he's doubling back and taking the man far away from the road) - he likes to joke, jest, but often may scare.

The toy is made of wool in the technique of dry felting, has a wire frame. Inside the metal granulate for pleasant gravity. Face from polymer clay, tinted with pastels, painted with acrylic.
height about 10 cm.