26th July 2012

DORCHESTER: Five foot swan promotes Tanys' cheese

A five-foot fibreglass swan has been created by West Dorset mum Tanys Pullin for the Swans of Wells event in Somerset.

Tanys, from Ford Farm, made the swan to promote her family’s Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar which, having been made on the farm near Dorchester, is then matured at the caves in the heart of cheddar making country in Somerset.

Her other creations in the past have included a chocolate coated wedding cake made out of cheese and a crown sculpted from a piece of cheddar weighing half a ton.

Tanys drew upon some illustrative concepts she created for a book she wrote several years about ‘Jelly’, the Witch of Wookey Hole for her fourth son, Alex, when he was five.

The swan which has been officially named Kay Vaiged, the Wookey Hole Cheese Witch, is now elaborately decorated with a series of illustrations, designed to conjure up the mystical atmosphere and history of the Wookey Hole Caves and the cheddars that are matured there.

Kay sports a witch’s hat and sits astride a broom stick. On her back is a fibre glass replica of a Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar truckle.

The illustrations feature mythical and pre-historic creatures feasting on cheese and the inside of the swan’s wings are painted with Wookey Hole Cave Aged Truckles maturing in the caves.

Commenting on the project Tanys said: “It was a bit daunting at first because of the sheer surface area of the swan. Painting the cheese truckles inside the wings also required some contortionist skills!

“It had to be turned around in two weeks so I couldn’t even think about the magnitude of the task - just the clock ticking and getting it done in time.”

DORCHESTER: Five foot swan promotes Tanys' cheese

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