Bungled jungle creatures.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: SMALL BIZ: MADE IN COLORADO

Pat Landreth and Suzanne Montano have been making oddball creatures together for about 30 years. "They're all different," Landreth says, estimating that he and Montano have crafted about 30,000 different beasties in all. They sell their unique wares at three shows a year in Austin, Telluride, their Bungled Jungle gallery in downtown Salida and an Arizona renaissance festival in Apache Junction. Landreth describes a "geometric progression" of creature creation. "Every time you make a creature, especially if you're not bound by...