The Gruffalo moves into the woods near hospice in Shrewsbury
He has knobbly knees, and turned-out toes – and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose.
Chainsaw master Joffrey Watson has created a Gruffalo in the heart of Shropshire.
The creature, made famous by the Julia Donaldson book, is part of a trail of artwork lying in a hospice's woodland area, all inspired by creatures mentioned in the story.
Joffrey, aka The Chainsaw Bloke, has carved the Gruffalo sculpture and a number of other animal characters from a large oak tree for Severn Hospice's gardens at Bicton Heath in Shrewsbury.
He said: "They had a large oak tree down, so I've carved it into various figures which have been put around the woodland.
"The entire project has taken about 15 days. I've been at the hospice, on and off, for about three or four months."
Joffrey, who is now carving almost full time, and qualified for the European Chainsaw Carving Championships in Alcester next year, said: "It will make it nicer for visitors, whether or not they have someone at the hospice. It's a nice area for kids and for people to go as a family. I've had a good reaction so far of people saying they like the carvings."
Earlier this year the hospice hired Joel Richards as head gardener, to look after gardens at both the Shrewsbury site and the one in Apley, Telford.
Joel has many plans to create quiet areas in the established gardens at Apley, and develop mindfulness walks at both gardens.
This is on top of the maintenance work he and his team of gardeners and volunteers have each day.
He said: "Joffrey has been working hard over the past few months, transforming trees, which were felled to make way for our new community services centre at Bicton, into benches for our staff and visitors to sit on as well as making several life-size carvings of characters from the Gruffalo.
"They are wonderful, we have had so many comments about them from visitors and patients and they bring real personality to our newly landscaped gardens. Joffrey will be returning to our gardens in the coming months to work his magic elsewhere."
