Judy Kensley McKie unites sculpture and structure in her zoomorphic furniture, reimagining her animal subjects as usable objects with a sense of refined whimsy. For the "Alligator Bench," McKie flattened the back of the highly stylized creature, allowing the form of the animal to dictate that of the bench. While the cartoonishly rendered alligator looks to be laughing rather than attacking, the color of the richly patinated bronze surface is not unlike that of the reptilian predator.