Marshall Pet Products won second
place honors in the annual New Product Showcase with its new
Bear Rug for Small Animals at Global Pet Expo 2015.
In her autobiography, the sculptor
placed a reproduction of the work alongside a photograph of herself with her baby, and commented: «My son Paul was
born, and, with him in his cot, or on a
rug at my feet, my carving developed and strengthened» (A Pictorial Autobiography 1970, p. 17).