This giant Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in a resting pose is suitable for playground use. It’s 3.5m long and built to cope with many excited children climbing on it!
The best thing about the sculpture (apart from its impressive appearance, of course!) is its educational value. As a realistic replica of the Thylacine, the sculpture draws attention to a unique, but sadly extinct, Australian mammal. This encourages people to learn about what happened to cause its extinction, highlighting the value of wildlife conservation.
As a climb-and-play structure, the giant Tasmanian tiger provides a fun, engaging, and educational experience for children and families. In the process, it promotes physical activity, social interaction, and cultural appreciation. We built this one for a park in Tasmania, but a giant Tasmanian Tiger sculpture would look equally at home in a playground, museum, botanic garden or wildlife park. Ask us for more info or a quote.
| Weight | 150 kg |
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| Dimensions | 350 × 240 × 120 cm |
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In 2014 The Launceston City Council commissioned Natureworks to create a larger-than-life resting thylacine as a playground element for the Heritage Forest Park in Launceston, Tasmania. Natureworks was specifically chosen because of the company’s reputation for high-quality animal art and its experience replicating the realism of tiger sculptures and other Australian megafauna animals.
What is particularly significant is that the Government of the time was directly responsible for the Thylacine’s rapid decline by instigating a bounty on the death and skin of each animal trapped or shot. This accelerated the rapid decline of the animal, which was barely holding onto survival after the rapid colonisation of Tasmania and the habitat destruction that followed.
This sculpture was modelled in potter’s clay and moulded in high-quality latex with a fibreglass jacket. The finished piece is cast in heavy-duty fibreglass and painted true to life.
Natureworks would love to offer this piece to all councils in Tasmania so that all Tassie children and visitors can enjoy the embrace of this ICONIC Tasmanian LEGEND!
