This was done for the forging project in metals class. Originally it was a bar of silver 6 inches by one quarter inch, and after a ton of hitting on it with hammers and putting it through the rolling mill, I have this. I decided to put emphasis on line weight, since there wasn't much else I could do forging-wise, and I didn't want to have it be just a wireframe.
I ran out of time, so I only got to put one side of feet on it, and the ears are farther forwards than I would have liked.