Smoking Section
Price: $75
Animal: Bunnies
Artist: Peter Calvesbert
Made In: England
Collection Name: Blue Box Series
Status: Limited Editions
Edition Size: 1000
Carving Date: 2006
Release Date: 9/28/2006
In Store Date: 2/10/2007
Dimensions (Inches): 2 x 2.6 x 2.5
S e c r e t s:
Master Carver Peter Calvesbert says that years ago, when the facts of life were still a little sketchy, the one thing that he did know was that you had to have a cigarette after sex. Now rabbits have a bit of a reputation in the breeding department, so he started wondering if rabbits enjoyed a post coital cigarette, and if so, how many would they smoke in a lifetime. His box figurine portrays two jaded but happy bunnies lighting up after another conquest, cigarettes strewn everywhere. The interior contains an inflatable rabbit and the names of sex toys named after rabbits. Unrelated to the sex trade is the inscription GW 25,7,6. After reading about glow worms, Peter went out at midnight to find some. The female only glows for about a week each year to attract mates. He found three, the first English glow worms he had ever seen, so GW is for glow worm and the date 25 July 06. Peter’s mother told him that when she was a child glow worms were seen everywhere. The abundance of street and security lighting is thought to make it extremely difficult for males to spot females, hence their decline.
