Completed August 7, 2011, for Cathy of Cathy’s Crawly Composters – who commissioned the figure (a brooch in the form of a larger-than-life Red Wiggler) to help make worms accessible to prospective composters. “Learn to love a worm. They are angels of the earth,” she writes.

The name “CHOMP” – proposed by the students of Glendale Public School in Brampton, Ontario – was the runaway winner (by 1500 votes) in Cathy’s name-the-worm contest.

CHOMP proves that the Salamander really can do almost anything, even when starting out convinced of the impossibility. So drop us a note if you’ve got something in mind that you’d like to see on your desk or shoulder.