This metalworker is creating suits of armor for mice

By Deena Prichep

Published December 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM MST

Calgary artist Jeff De Boer has spent decades learning, perfecting, and teaching the art of making suits of armor. For mice.

Deena Prichep

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