Brother and sister have supervised the packaging…
What would I do without the assistance, guidance and support—and inspiration—of my family of felines? We’ve been busy lately preparing for my upcoming exhibit as well as making several custom orders and packaging orders and shipping them out. So this week, instead of featuring a new product, I’m featuring the diligence and generosity of Mewsette and Mr. Sunshine on a long day in my studio.
A customer had ordered a set of Tortie Girls prints, matted only. I print a dozen or more at a time and let them dry, then hand-tint them later one at a time, either when I frame them or when someone purchases a print. Mewsette supervised the tinting process to ensure her tortie fur sisters are accurately represented. An artist herself, I value Mewsette’s aesthetic judgement.
Mewsette inspect my hand-tinting of the print.
Then I trim down the mat board and my engineer Mr. Sunshine specializes in product testing to ensure proper size and color. You can see by his starfish paws that he has approved.
Mr. Sunshine approves of the mat board.
Mewsette has her own special process with each Tortie Girls print, as she patiently waits until all is ready and I tell her it’s okay to…
Mewsette arrives to add her special touch to the Tortie Girls prints.
…impart her own special brand of joy onto the matted prints. Mewsette rolls in utter happiness on the table, rubbing her face on the mat or on the print, with each print I send.
Mewsette imparts feline joy onto the prints.
The prints are wrapped for shipping, with a little special gift from Mewsette and Sunshine, the promised “free cat hair with every order”.
…and added a little something special for the recipients.
“This package is ready to go to its forever home!”
Brother and sister have supervised the packaging…
Next, brother and sister settle down for some dull activities—package inspection. Yes, the package is sealed and labeled, and ready to be shipped.
Mewsette checks the package to ensure it is finished and ready for shipping.
An order for sympathy cards required some support with the paperwork.
While they supervise, they make good props for paperwork.
Brother and sister indulge in a well-deserved nap after a long afternoon of work.
A well-deserved nap!
I couldn’t do it without my studio cats!
All the way back to the first year I lived here and even before, my family of felines, including fosters, were working with me to ensure that everything was of top quality, and gave me love and support in all I chose to create. My feline inspirations and I thank you for browsing and for purchasing handmade goods and supporting a small business!
Below, Cookie at one year old assisting me in photographing artwork—in 1993!
Cookie as my photo and lighting assistant–at one year old!
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It’s all done under the close and careful supervision of my studio cats!
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