tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43877923239312552912024-02-18T18:42:48.712-08:00bunny with a toolbeltscenes from the workbench at bunny with a toolbelt headquarters!Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.comBlogger611125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-22214279498978090372018-10-13T04:30:00.005-07:002018-10-13T04:42:56.023-07:00Open Studio!I will once again participate in the beloved citywide <a href="http://www.pdxos.com/" target="_blank">Portland Open Studios</a>! My studio is located at 4634 NE 19th and I'm open from 10am to 5pm on October 13,14, 20 and 21. Hope to see you there!<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/289007769?autoplay=1&loop=1" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/289007769">How the magic is made in the Bunny with a Toolbelt Studio</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user264194">Hilary Pfeifer</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-42033016367849705272018-06-09T10:44:00.000-07:002018-07-01T20:00:07.215-07:00Announcing the Window of Wonders!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm thrilled to announce that Bunny with a Toolbelt has a permanent showroom in Portland, OR!</div>
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<br /><span style="text-align: start;">It's called the Window of Wonders--a gallery you "enter with your eyes through the window." My favorite part is the nice big platform with an ever-evolving landscape of characters.</span></div>
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Just beyond the window display are my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hilary-Pfeifer/e/B00IZP3EWS" target="_blank">books</a>, <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/bunnywithatoolbelt" target="_blank">fabrics</a>, and many of the characters who star in my five picture books! As usual, all artwork is sold via the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bunnywithatoolbelt" target="_blank">Bunny with a Toolbelt Etsy site</a>.<br />
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Books are also available on the Etsy site, Amazon and through nearby Green Bean Books! (1 block south of the Window of Wonders!)</div>
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I'll be bringing new things in occasionally and constantly freshening up the display. There's also a challenge list of things to find that I'll change at least a few times a month so you can give yourself an excuse to come again and again and again and again and again.....<br />
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<br />Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-45611680333814569372017-08-21T19:50:00.000-07:002017-08-21T19:50:43.333-07:00Little Foxes is Available on Amazon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hurrah! My latest book Little Foxes is now available via Amazon's print-on-demand services! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00IZP3EWS" target="_blank">Click here to order it or one of my other four titles!</a><br />
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Here's a few pages from the interior to whet your appetite:<br />
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<br />Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-63040706617204949852017-05-03T08:25:00.002-07:002017-05-03T08:25:49.929-07:00Here's a few foxes who are saving the earth by.....<div style="border: 0px; color: #353535; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hey Beautiful People! </div>
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I estimate that I'm a little over halfway done with the fox figures. Want to meet a few of the characters I've been working on in the past month since my last update? </div>
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These little foxes shop for organic fruits and vegetables at the grocery store and take them home in cloth shopping bags:</div>
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These little foxes carry their own water containers rather than buying plastic bottles:</div>
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This fox turns the water faucet off when brushing teeth: </div>
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These foxes walk (or bike) to do their errands or exercise rather than drive:</div>
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And these foxes keep the earth green by mending, sharing, or shopping for clothes at thrift stores rather than buying new: </div>
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It's been really fun and challenging learning how to anthropomorphize these little guys, so I am not plowing through this project like others in the past, but I am very excited about this book and video. If all goes well, I'll be back in a month or less to report that I'm ready for the next step in production! </div>
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Take care,<br />Hilary</div>
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It's been about three weeks since our campaign ended and I've been working away on our Little Foxes project! The first big super boring, not photo-friendly but very important step was to get the book written and storyboarded! This involved a fair amount of research about recycling, reading other children's books on the topic so I don't cover any territory already claimed by one of my esteemed colleagues, and making a long list of words that rhyme with green. My plan for these updates is not to go into detail about the specific text of the book, but touch on topics and behind-the-scenes studio shots. The images above and below this paragraph show some of the flora and fauna I've been working on for the first few pages of our story, where we establish that foxes love to run and play in the forest and that's why they want to keep the earth "very green." </div>
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Later in the book, we see a little fox enjoying some alone time in the forest knowing his paper recycling is making a difference: </div>
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Of course, I will have all of these scenes professionally photographed so everything will be lit and focused perfectly. </div>
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My goal is to have all of the figures made and ready for the photo shoot by mid-April, so I'll check back in at the end of the month to show you my progress. </div>
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Thanks everyone for your support of this project!</div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-46978072263559679372017-02-27T09:12:00.002-08:002017-02-27T09:12:37.253-08:00It's the final countdown......<div style="border: 0px; color: #353535; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Looks like we pretty much made the goal to make Little Foxes into a softcover book, so THANK YOU all who pledged and/or increased their pledges to help me get there. If you haven't pledged yet--<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">click here</a> because you're running out of time to get a great deal on an original fox figure or other lovely rewards! (See bottom of this post for information about add-ons)</div>
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As promised, I'm back to show you a few of the finished pieces I've been working on in the past week! Yesterday I spent the day watching a few of the Oscar-nominated documentary films and did a preliminary layout of two of the pages I showed you last week in <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes/posts/1811839" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">update #5. </a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span>I plan to adjust the arms so they aren't so curvy and possibly change that yellow paper bin to something more object oriented to represent paper or maybe even plastic, but this is the general idea of how this page will look. The text layout also needs a little more flow to make sure it's read in the correct order, but this is the way I want the page to feel. </div>
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Here's the page with the foxes with the recycling and garbage bins. Those of you who know the original song by Malvina Reynolds that Little Foxes is based on will appreciate the reworking of the lyrics.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span>I also was able to finish up a few of the other foxes I drew for the book dummy. Above is one of the many foxes I'll make for the "green transportation" page. In addition to the skateboard and roller skating critters, I'm also planning to do walkers, runners, hikers, bicycling and tricycling foxes, jump ropers, dog walkers, scooter riders, and......feel free to leave your ideas in the comments for this post if you have your own ideas! </div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span>Last, but not least, I finished up a fox with a cloth shopping bag for the section of the book that will cover food procuring and composting as green options. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span>I'm excited to be working on a book that integrates my figures into a narrative, so it's great to see the pages start to come together. My next steps will be to finalize the text and layout so I can finish up the figures and have this book ready to publish this summer! The Kickstarter campaign ends tomorrow, so if you're still hoping to grab a fox figure, bandanna, or a discounted book, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">pledge now!</a> Here's that add-ons chart again if you want more than one of any of the aforementioned rewards. This offer is only available while the Kickstarter campaign is alive! <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks again for your support of Little Foxes!</b></div>
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I've been working really hard this week to make some finished foxes to show you before the campaign ends! The image above is a batch of finished heads, which I've been working on in the past few weeks when I've had a bit of time here and there. It has helped a lot to have this labor-intensive step done, and I should be able to show you at least 12-15 completed figures on Monday.</div>
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In the meantime, I am closing in on the $5000 goal, so I decided to add a few more reward options to sweeten the pot. At the $65 level, you can now get a sitting fox figure with any message written on the sign! I prefer "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/510041581/foxes-against-fascism" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Foxes against Fascism</a>," myself, but you can go with anything your little heart desires if you choose this pledge.<br /><br />I also added several examples of the poses you can choose from for your basic fox figure:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span>a curious fox looking down at something</div>
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the basic fox, or one in play posture.</div>
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And here's a bit of good news! If you're already pledging for a basic fox figure, you can add another $45 to get additional figures in any of these poses! In fact, I'm making add-ons available for anyone. If you want to add a bandanna or dish towel to your pledge, I'll cover the postage. Depending on how many foxes you add or where you live, I might even cover the postage for a fox figure. Oh, and that reminds me, I opened up the pledging to include Canada, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand. If you're reading this and from another country I haven't included, message me and I'll add it. Here's the handy dandy add-ons chart. All you have to do is go into your pledge and add the amount for whatever you want. I'll ask you at shipping time exactly what you want me to send you.</div>
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I even added an add-on for the softcover book, since it seems likely I'll get close enough to that goal to just do it. It seems a lot less likely that I'll be able to do the hardcover edition unless a miracle happens between now and Tuesday, but this will be better than nothing!</div>
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Thanks again to all of you who have pledged to help me take on this new project in 2017! I'll be back on Monday to show you some of the finished critters, but in the meantime, enjoy this sneak preview.</div>
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take care,<br />Hilary</div>
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Hello Beautiful People! </div>
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With one week left in the Kickstarter campaign, I'm back to give you an inside look of how the project will look. I've been designing it as a book first and foremost because I have a am hoping be able to reach the push goal to at least publish this as a paperback. It will be easy to use the same ideas to make the animation. <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The text is not finalized yet</b> but the way I work is to create the book dummy (mockup) with very rough sketches of the figures I will make in 3-d, and how the layout will work. The text will be fine tuned until I'm ready to submit it to the publisher. Here's what I've written so far, and I'll list the figures I will make below the images of each page spread.</div>
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This page will be bordered by images of foxes using all kinds of non-motorized transportation, including bicycles, tricycles, skateboards, cargo bikes, jumprope, walking, running, roller skating, etc. All the original figures will be under 6" high, and photographed and scaled to work with the text and layout. </div>
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This page will have close-ups of foxes holding different recyclable items, including bottles, compost, cardboard boxes, milk cartons, aluminum cans, and paper. </div>
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Foxes shopping for groceries, holding shopping bags, and little produce displays. This makes me think I should add a reward of a canvas shopping bag! </div>
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Foxes cooking, cleaning and gardening. The fox in the bottom right corner is lying on his back eating a fresh tomato. There will be about 8 pages after this that talk about plastic recycling, paper and trees, water conservation, and mending clothing.</div>
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Bringing the book to a close, I want to inspire people to spread the word about what they learned in Little Foxes. </div>
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The foxes in the left page will be holding signs that say things like "go green" etc. I'm thinking I'll use the image on the right for the back cover as well. There will be a few pages after these that include a glossary and a bio of Malvina Reynolds with emphasis on her song that inspired my book.</div>
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So that's where I'm at now! My plan for this last week is to start making figures based on what I have designed so far, and I'll have something finished to show you before the campaign ends on February 28! I've been squeezing in shaping some of the elements to give me a head start (see below.)</div>
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Thanks everyone who has helped me reach my initial goal--fingers crossed that I can reach a push goal to make the book happen! <a href="http://portlandtribune.com/but/239-news/345248-225039-what-does-the-fox-say-" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Here's a link to the article that came out in the Portland Tribune last week</a>, and I got an inquiry yesterday from the Huffington Post, so I'm hoping for the best. If this is the information that inspires you to pledge to support the project, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">click here and make me a very very happy girl. </a></div>
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take care,<br />Hilary</div>
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Hey Beautiful People!</div>
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I've been on the road for the past week, but used some of the travel time to start nailing down the lyrics for the video...and...hopefully...<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">Little Foxes BOOK!</a> I'll be ready to reveal our cast of characters in a few days, but first, let's learn a little bit about the ladies who inspire this project!</div>
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We'll start with Malvina Reynolds, the grande dame of Little Foxes. I grew up with parents who played a whole lot of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?_r=0" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Pete Seeger</a>'s music in the house and on road trips, so he was definitely a portal to Malvina and my general folk music and humanist education. There aren't a whole lot of people who become famous later in their lives, but Malvina, the daughter of immigrant Socialists, was moved to start writing/singing/performing when she was just shy of her 50th birthday. According to Seeger, her earliest output wasn't very polished, but her tenacity to learn and evolve paid off. <a href="https://archive.org/details/loveitlikeafoolafilmaboutmalvinareynolds" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">I found a really great 30 minute documentary about her</a> online that was made about a year before she passed. In the film, you hear Seeger talking about the moment she wrote "Little Boxes," the song that she's most remembered for, but here's a more personal quote from her daughter: "My mother and father were driving South from San Francisco through Daly City when my mom got the idea for the song. She asked my dad to take the wheel, and she wrote it on the way to the gathering in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Honda" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="La Honda">La Honda</a> where she was going to sing for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Committee_on_National_Legislation" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Friends Committee on National Legislation">Friends Committee on Legislation</a>. When <i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Magazine" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Time Magazine">Time Magazine</a></i> (I think, maybe <i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a>)</i> wanted a photo of her pointing to the very place, she couldn't find those houses because so many more had been built around them that the hillsides were totally covered."</div>
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<a href="https://janetjulian.bandcamp.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> </a>Now to introduce the gal I'm recruiting to perform my version of "Little Foxes," <a href="https://janetjulian.bandcamp.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Janet Julian</a>. I met Janet through her beautiful artwork and later found out that she was also a singer/songwriter who regularly performs at coffeehouses in my neighborhood. When I thought of this project, I knew she was the perfect one to perform "Little Foxes" because she embodies the folk spirit and humor I was looking for. Here's a video of <a href="https://youtu.be/5cQjNIewVM8" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Janet singing a <i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mildly</i> famous Patsy Cline song</a>.</div>
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Another inspiration for this project was my kindergarten teacher Elga Brown. It's crazy that I can't find a photo of her online because this woman was a lifelong inspiration to me and hundreds, if not thousands of kids in the town I grew up in: Eugene, Oregon. She's even written a few <a href="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/esj.87.4.1001542?journalCode=esj" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">academic papers</a> and was cited in <a href="http://www.adi.org/journal/fw94/MeltzoffFall1994.pdf" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this article about early childhood education</a>, but I could find no online photos of this amazing woman. It seems that a road trip is in order. One of the most memorable parts of the class was when we would all sing a little song as we cleaned up the room at the end of the day. The act of singing and working as a group made the un-fun activity a lot better. I still sing that simple song occasionally, and one of my dreams for the Little Foxes video is that children would learn and sing it while they recycle or perform other earth-friendly chores. </div>
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So now we come to the ME portion of this post. The timeliness of the Make/100 challenge by Kickstarter pushed me into realizing this idea I'd had for years. In addition to the fact that just yesterday our new President has successfully inducted a known anti-environmentalist to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, I am feeling the daily shock of watching my government transforming into something unimaginable. The only thing that's made me feel centered in the middle of this past few months was peacefully participating in the Portland Women's March on January 20. Within that week, I knew that working on a book that promoted a simple, but progressive voice towards our future was my new mission. Little Foxes WILL be a video and (hopefully) a book that will talk about all the ways that one person can make a difference by recycling, composting, bringing a bag to the grocery store or choosing human-powered transportation. Malvina, Janet and Elga are empowering me to push forward with this and more books that teach our future leaders how to put the world back to order. We have a little over a week left, so <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">here's the link to make your pledge if you haven't already</a>, and if you know of anyone who loves foxes or recycling, help me spread the word!</div>
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faithfully yours,<br />Hilary</div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-62838701079935147432017-02-07T17:09:00.000-08:002017-02-07T17:11:36.157-08:00Love is Love is Love is Love is Love<div class="template asset" contenteditable="false" data-id="15414116" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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I've hit the slow middle hiatus of my <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">Little Foxes Kickstarter campaign</a> (folks usually pledge the beginning or at the last minute) so I thought I'd bring some foxy love into your life. There's not a ton of art making to show, since I am in the research phase again wanting this to be a book, but I just found out about this amazing Fox Village in Japan that can help us all live vicariously for a bit:</div>
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Thanks to all of you who have supported the project already, and don't forget to tell your fox loving friends about my push goals to get to $5k to make this video into a softcover book, and $8.5k to make it a hardcover! I passed the $3k mark last weekend, so I know it's possible!</div>
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One last bit of good news--I was interviewed today for The Portland Tribune, so that may help push me over the goal mark when it comes out next week! Woohoo!</div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-59957974889788433442017-01-29T16:28:00.001-08:002017-01-29T16:30:25.317-08:00The Little Foxes Bandanna!<div style="border: 0px; color: #353535; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, 'liberation sans', freesans, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hello Beautiful People! </div>
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Thank you all so much for your quick response to my latest Kickstarter project: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">Little Foxes</a>. I'm over 60% funded already, which is nice!</div>
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This update is to discuss the design of the $25 bandana reward a little better. I'm really excited to have this component with the project because I'm a huge advocate of using soft cotton hankies over kleenex and love my personal collection. I designed my first bandanna a little over 20 years ago in one of my first classes at Oregon College of Art and Craft. I'm guessing this was a reject because I notice that the registration is a little off. I think this was my idea of a feminist design...or something like that....</div>
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The bandannas I'm making for the Kickstarter reward will be printed differently. I'm going to use a company called Spoonflower to print the fabric--I've had great success with them in the past doing tea towels and other fabrics. Here's a little mockup of the direction I'm thinking--to take the classic paisley design but foxify it:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span>Please remember this is only a sketch--I'll make sure the background is perfectly aligned, etc. but the idea is still there to use photos of the orange fox figures to create a complex repeating pattern in the spirit of the classic bandanna. </div>
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The way I have my rewards set up, the bandanna is a separate thing, but if anyone who is already pledging for original fox artwork wants to add $25 to their pledge, they can also get a bandanna! </div>
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I'll be back in a few days to show you some fox sketches to whet your appetites for the 100 original foxes I'll start working on this week! Thanks again to everyone who pledged! If you haven't pledged but want to grab one of these sweet bandannas, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/little-foxes" target="_blank">click here!</a></div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-3204040347884901382016-09-07T12:42:00.001-07:002016-09-07T12:42:20.728-07:00Is Catabet coming soon? I've got PROOF!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Woohoo! I returned from my annual camping trip to a little heatwave, but more importantly, to discover the advance copy of Catabet waiting was for me! That means it's only a month until I have all of the copies in my hands and can start sending them out to you, along with working on your rewards for those of you who added original cat art to your pledge!</div>
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As a reminder--I'm going to have the official book launch and one-time-only showing of all 26 cats made for the book at my open studio event this October 8, 9, 15 and 16! If you're in the Portland area, get your tour guide to visit me and over 100 other artists during the beloved Portland Open Studios event by <a href="http://portlandopenstudios.com/tourguide/" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</div>
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I'll be back in late September to wrap things up around here. Thanks again for your support of this project! </div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-79418060688790418442016-06-08T12:49:00.001-07:002016-06-08T12:49:45.417-07:00....and off to the printer's we go!<br />
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Hello Beautiful People!</div>
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I've just spent the better part of the past week putting the final touches on Catabet so it could be photographed by our reigning champ Dan Kvitka, proofed by my longtime friend Janet Harris, and sent off to the printer by the end of the week! I took advantage of a heatwave we were having earlier this week, and sat near the air conditioner while laying out the pages and working on the glossary. I am forgoing the dedication page in this book and having four glossary pages at the end of the book, so that I can provide information on each designer and clothing item or fashion term used in the book. There are even a few pronunciation aids for some of the more difficult words. </div>
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One nice benefit of having mostly anthropomorphized cats for the book is that I could easily have a group shot taken, which is going to be used on the back cover! </div>
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The only major change I made to the book was changing the name of our W character from Wallis to Woody, after discovering in my glossary research that Wallis Simpson was a buddy of Adolf Hitler. W is for Whoopsie! That was a close one! Woody is named for the much more palatable queen of punk fashion, Vivienne Westwood, pictured below. </div>
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Getting it to the printer this early will ensure that I'll have it in my hands much earlier than last year because the plan is to launch the book at my open studio event in October! Mark your calendars for the weekends of October 8&9 and 15&16 when I'll have books and all the original cats on display! This will be my second year participating in <a href="http://portlandopenstudios.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #2752ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Portland Open Studios</a>, a lovely event where over 100 artists in the Portland area invite you to see their workspaces. I usually have festive beverages and mini ping pong as well. The only thing missing is YOU! </div>
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Are you ready to see our last three Catabet characters? Of course you are..... </div>
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H is for Heidi,<br />whose hoodie sweatshirt<br />had an intricate pattern<br />to hide all the dirt.</div>
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H! A Himalayan wHo Hoarded Houndstooth!</div>
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Heidi is named for supermodel and host of my favorite guilty pleasure tv show, Project Runway, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Klum" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Heidi Klum</a>! Here she is in a classic houndstooth ensemble: </div>
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Boy oh boy, did I set myself up for a challenge here, having to figure out how to paint a houndstooth pattern on a 3-d object. Fortunately I found, of all silly things, a tutorial on how to paint the pattern on your fingernails, which was very helpful. It's not perfect, but no too bad, if I do say so myself: </div>
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Now we'll move on to R: </div>
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R is for Ralphie,<br />who loathed getting wet<br />'til he found the right duds<br />at the raingear outlet! </div>
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(alternate ending could be on the internet)</div>
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Ralphie is named for the Prince of Polo, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lauren" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a>. Oddly enough, it was hard to find an image of him actually wearing a polo shirt, but this is a classic: </div>
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Ralphie needed an umbrella, which I fashioned out of a little turned bowl, which you see sitting next to the other found wood I used to make the figure: </div>
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I was happy to be able to make a Russian Blue cat for this letter, as my family had one when I was a kid named Greylock, after a book my mother had as a child: </div>
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So here's our Ralphie in his yellow Raincoat, Rainboots and Rainbow umbRella!</div>
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Last, but certainly not least, we come to our final character in Catabet--the letter T: </div>
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T is for Tommy,<br />who cared not who knew<br />that he danced all day long<br />in a hot pink tutu!</div>
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T! A Tiger who Twirls in Tuille!</div>
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Tommy is named for....you guessed it....fashion designer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Hilfiger" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tommy Hilfiger</a>, (who's also a fan of houndstooth!)</div>
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Making a tutu out of wood was one of my challenges, which I decided to do by layering concentric scalloped circles: </div>
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Figuring out which ballerina pose was most iconic (and doable!) was the next challenge. </div>
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It would have been nice to have Tommy be en pointe, but I settled for the classic 5th position. </div>
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So.....that's it. I did it! Woohoo! </div>
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Thanks to all of you, once again, for your comments and words of encouragement, but most of all, for your financial support to make Catabet a reality. Knowing I was funded early really helped me push to get these figures done while the Kickstarter campaign was still alive. Sometime tomorrow, you'll get an email from Kickstarter saying this project has successfully funded. You probably won't hear from me again until I schedule the photo shoot this spring, and I'll contact those of you who pledged for custom figures or original pieces from the book closer to the launch date for the book. </div>
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Speaking of which, I am planning on having an open studio event this October to show all 26 of the original cats at once, so if you're in the Portland area or want to come, mark your calendars. If you're in the Los Angeles area, there's a possible show in the works that might include figures from Catabet AND Alphabird, so I'll let you know more details about that once we've finalized them--probably late this year. </div>
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If you're reading this and haven't pledged yet, it's now or never, folks! <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here!</a></div>
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take care,<br />Hilary</div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-9596196884531169822016-03-06T16:21:00.002-08:002016-03-06T16:21:19.228-08:00P, D and Z<div style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hey Beautiful People!</div>
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Sunday's always been my favorite day of the week. Mostly because it's such a peaceful day and even though I usually get a little work done on that day, I don't feel the same kind of pressure that I do on other days to accomplish anything. Well, on this particular Sunday, I am excited to release three more of our furry friends, which feels like a BIG accomplishment for the day. </div>
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P is for Pierre,<br />whose unique pedigree<br />includes pirates and poodles.<br />(that's the truth, mon cherie!)</div>
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P! A Pussy who Proudly Pairs a Pirate Hat and a Poodle Skirt!</div>
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P is named for French designer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cardin" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Pierre Cardin</a>, known for some pretty avant garde designs that I LOVE. </div>
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the white fur has a very subtle off-white painted on top, to emulate the long fur found on a Persian cat.</div>
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Moving on to D now..... </div>
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D is for Donna,<br />whose old dungarees<br />still fit pretty good,<br />though worn out at the knees.</div>
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Donna is named for another fashion designer with a long career behind her-- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Karan" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Donna Karan</a>. </div>
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My studio process shots for this one are kind of boring, so I'll just jump right into showing you the finished piece. </div>
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Donna is a Devon Rex, which is a cat breed that comes in a lot of colors, but all have a very angular face and big eyes. I came up with the t-shirt slogan to honor a rare but notable 70's shirt that's been on my mind recently after reading <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/fashion/a-feminist-t-shirt-resurfaces-from-the-70s.html?_r=0" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this article in the New York Times</a>. Is this too obscure for the book? No. That's what the glossary is for! Gotta raise a new generation somehow.</div>
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Last, but not least, we have our Z cat: </div>
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Z is for Zac,<br />whose pinstripe zoot suit<br />made him look super cool<br />(Don't you dare call him cute!)</div>
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Not sure I like this rhyme, so don't be surprised if it's evolved by the time I send the book to print. I really like the figure though! It was a big challenge painting those pinstripes so they didn't look wonky (I should cut back on my caffeine consumption maybe?) </div>
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Looks like the hat could use a little more shaping as well....</div>
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Zac is named for the young and adorable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Posen" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zac Posen</a>, by the way......</div>
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So now we have three more cats left and I am well on my way to finishing them and will come back in two days to present the H, T, and R that will conclude the book! And then early Wednesday, the whole Kickstarter campaign officially ends. Woohoo! </div>
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Thank you all again for your support in helping me bring this book to life in record time!</div>
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If you haven't pledged yet, time is running out! <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here to see my Kickstarter campaign and be a part of Catabet!</a></div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-68278469717548590982016-03-05T16:22:00.000-08:002016-03-06T16:23:13.581-08:00Give me an E! Give me an I!<div class="project_post_summary" style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Hello Beautiful People and happy Caturday!</div>
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Here's a quick post about my two latest characters: </div>
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E is for Edith,<br />who impressed all the vets,<br />by showing up in her<br />golden epaulettes.</div>
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E is named for two different fashion icons--designer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Edith Head</a>.....</div>
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And <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Bouvier_Beale" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Little Edie</a> Beale, fashion icon from the classic film Grey Gardens.</div>
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Edith is also from a pretty cool E breed of cats called an Egyptian Mau </div>
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Although there wasn't really a lot of fur visible on my figure, who's in full formal military dress with her golden epaulettes: </div>
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The letter I proved to not have a lot of competition in the fashion world, but I was happy to discover the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_coat" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Inverness Coat</a>, most famously worn by Sherlock Holmes. Here's my sketchbook page: </div>
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I is for Issey,<br />who couldn't help gloat<br />about his big thrift shop score<br />of an Inverness coat.</div>
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I! an Inexpensive way to look more Interesting!</div>
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Issey is named for Japanese designer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issey_Miyake" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Issey Miyake</a>, known for his pretty awesome technology-driven fashion styles. Kind of a funny mix to have his namesake wearing a piece of Victorian-era clothing, but I'd also love to see him come up with a modern version of the Inverness coat!</div>
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Here's our gloating Issey: </div>
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Hey Beautiful People! </div>
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At the beginning of the week, I was dubious I'd actually be able to finish all of the cats for the book, but now it's looking good with four more to show you today, leaving eight to *finish* painting by Wednesday morning. (Can I get a premature woohoo?)</div>
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Let's get into it with the letter N: </div>
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N is for Naomi,<br />
who wrote in her journal<br />
until 3 a.m.<br />
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N! A kitty with a nightgown and a nosewarmer!</div>
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Naomi is named for 80's supermodel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Campbell" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Naomi Campbell</a>, who actually has a cat-themed perfume in her product bucket! </div>
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Here's our Naomi.....ready for beddy-bye!</div>
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No time to dilly dally......our next letter is Q</div>
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Q is for Qiana<br />
who made the tomcats meow<br />
when she made a grand entrance<br />
in her fancy qipao!</div>
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Q! A Kitty whose Quest to dress is exQuisite!</div>
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It wasn't hard to make the decision to have this kitty wearing a Japanese qipao dress, but the name did prove challenging, as there weren't any designers or fashionistas who had a name starting with Q that seemed appropriate for my book. I decided to go with Qiana for the name--a silky nylon fabric developed by DuPont in the early 1960's, that also happens to be used as a first name by a lot of humans! Here's an ad promoting this revolutionary new fabric to the masses: </div>
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In case you haven't noticed, there are subtle references all throughout this book to cat lore, and this one seemed the perfect place to honor one of my favorite cats: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-neko" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Maneki-Neko</a>. </div>
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Here's my Qiana in progress: </div>
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Now we'll move over to our friend U: </div>
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U is for Ugo<br />
who watched o'er the dorm,<br />
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My U is named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Mozie" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ugo Mozie</a>, a designer of Nigerian descent, although raised in the United States since he was 3 years old. His fashion designs have mostly been focused on the entertainment industry, creating clothing for television and film. </div>
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Our U cat is modeled after the slightly eery, wrinkly Ukranian Levkoy cat: </div>
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And here's Ugo, rocking the school uniform! </div>
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And last, but certainly not least, I have completed our V kitty: </div>
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V is for Vera<br />
who loved summer skies.<br />
Her vintage sun visor<br />
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Vera, as you may have already guessed, is named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Wang" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Vera Wang</a>, who could have been known as an Olympic Skater rather than the grand dame of wedding gowns!</div>
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I found an image of a cute vintage tennis dress for my Vera, and even swapped out the Izod logo for a tiny green kitty.</div>
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So there's my whopper of a post for today.....hope you liked our new cats! </div>
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take care, and thanks for your support of Catabet!</div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-11885906292842723152016-03-02T08:05:00.002-08:002016-03-02T08:05:46.068-08:00M is for......<br />
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M is for Molly,<br />who thought winters were tough,<br />until she was given<br />mukluks and a muff.</div>
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I was excited to work on this one! My next door neighbor recently gave me a big basket of maple blocks that were never used in her classroom, and they were the perfect shape for constructing a lot of the body. The muff was made from part of a broom handle. </div>
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Molly is named for fashion icon of my generation in the 1980's, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Ringwald" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Molly Ringwald</a>. I never adopted her style as my own per se, but I definitely watched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_in_Pink" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Pretty In Pink</a> back in the day, and admire anyone who sews their own clothing, or even adapts found clothing to new styles. Molly was a great role model for girls (and women) setting a standard for finding one's own personal style. (Side note: Molly crossed over into arthouse film as well--she starred in Cindy Sherman's campy directorial debut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Killer" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Office Killer</a>, and a 2008 documentary called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443524/" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Guest of Cindy Sherman</a> where she had a cameo. Both good! Watch them!!)</div>
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I did a bit of research on mukluks-- a soft boot usually made of seal fur and worn by Arctic peoples like the Inuit. I wanted to find the perfect pair to emulate for my kitty, crossing the line between traditional and stylish. Here's what I ended up with: </div>
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Painted lines indicate fur on the mukluks, muff, and parka hood.</div>
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I even added a tiny bone button detail on the jacket.</div>
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Molly also happens to be a breed of cat that starts with M -- a Maine Coon Cat, a house cat that's double your normal size. </div>
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Yowsa! </div>
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One week from now, the Kickstarter will end! You can still grab a copy of Catabet delivered to your doorstep for less than you'll pay this fall when it releases. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here to learn more!</a> </div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-67740009161060324282016-03-01T10:22:00.003-08:002016-03-01T10:22:47.926-08:00Are you ready to RUMBLE???<div style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hello Beautiful People! </div>
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Here we go on our whirlwind postapalooza......turns out I wasn't halfway done, but have 14 cats left to finish up for the book. As planned, I was able to construct all of them last week and am still on schedule to paint them all before the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Kickstarter campaign</a> ends a week from tomorrow! </div>
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X is for Xander,<br />a staunch super-fan.<br />His XXL T-shirt<br />showed his favorite rock band.</div>
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I was originally going to do a logo on this kitty's t-shirt for the awesome Cat Power, but then the idea came to me to do a band parody instead. </div>
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It didn't come out in the photo I took with my phone, but in the book, you'll see that Xander has a very subtle fur pattern painted on the black areas. </div>
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It was fun making this piece--found a nice big block of wood to make this chunky figure: </div>
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To make sure the cat heads on the shirt were uniform, I cut out a tiny paper template: </div>
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This cat is named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xander_Kostroma" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Xander Kostroma</a>, a young designer from Wales who is best known for his ethical and fair trade awareness within the fashion world. </div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-58006440635373483872016-02-23T19:33:00.002-08:002016-02-23T19:33:17.593-08:00twoFUR tuesday! (will the puns ever end?)<div style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hello Beautiful People! In case you haven't heard the news......</div>
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On Sunday afternoon I got the pledge that put me over the top for Catabet! So excited to already have this project successfully funded, so I can just coast through the next two weeks of the live campaign and focus on finishing the second half of the characters! I can't say it enough: THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE HELPED ME TO MAKE THIS FOURTH BOOK! I have been having a great time working on it and truly appreciate every pledge, every update like, every comment. </div>
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So here we go with our two new kitties!</div>
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J is for Jimmy<br />whose collection of patches<br />filled his orange jumpsuit<br />(and hid all the scratches.)</div>
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This one was time consuming but a real blast to make. My original thought was to replicate classic patches all over this kitty's jumpsuit. I searched and searched online for both racing patches and anything that screamed "classic," which I guess means 1970's to me? I didn't really want to go the boy/girl scout direction, my most direct experience with the genre. Oh, that reminds me of a story, so if you don't mind if I digress for a moment.....</div>
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As you may have guessed by my statement about the 1970's being the so-called "era of classic patches," I was coming of age during that decade. The image above was a familiar one of my youth--the ad in the back of the comic books that tempted many to fork over their hard-earned cash (haha--I just had a flashback to taping coins to an index card to mail away for stuff....also remember when people would accept postage stamps as legal tender!) to proclaim their message to the world. What one did I send away for, you ask? </div>
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I still laugh about it to this day because I think I was about 10 years old when I decided that this was the patch for me. Maybe 12, but certainly no older. Oh....if I only knew then what I knew now! (At least I didn't pick the Confederate Flag!) But back to our friend Jimmy and his jumpsuit.</div>
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I decided to use a few classic racing patches on the jumpsuit because, well, the implication is that he's a race car driver or at least works in the pit. But then I thought it would be fun to think of patches that a cat might want on their jumpsuit. So, without further ado, here he is: </div>
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oops...I forgot to correct my misspelling of "glamour" This is not going to be visible in the book, but will be fixed before it goes out the door to a new owner.</div>
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Jimmy is named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Choo" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jimmy Choo</a>, a Malaysian designer best known for footwear. </div>
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Now for our O cat, Otto.</div>
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O is for Otto,<br />whose striped overalls<br />were the perfect attire<br />for pitchforking hairballs.</div>
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Otto is short for the Italian wünderkind <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottavio_Missoni" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ottavio Missoni</a>, who was both an Olympic hurdler AND a fashion designer! He was known for launching Italian ready-to-wear designs and there were a ton of great (seemingly personal, not pretentious) photos of him online to choose from. Here's the one I picked of him and his favorite dogcat: </div>
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I wanted my Otto to be wearing the classic blue and white striped <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OshKosh_B%27Gosh" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">OshKosh B'Gosh overalls</a>, so I tried to make his legs as long as possible to accentuate those stripes.</div>
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but somehow they seem to have shortened a bit in the finished piece: </div>
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Here's my painted figure, hairballs and all! Note the MEOW patch in stead of the Osh Kosh version. I guess these two kitties have something in common.....</div>
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I must give a shout-out to my neighborhood art supply store <a href="http://collagepdx.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Collage</a>, where I ran over at 6pm tonight to get some felting wool to make the hairballs. Not only is this an art supply store that is 4 blocks from my house, but it also allows me to bring my beloved doggie Weegee inside whilst I shop, AND to my delight, also sells already-felted balls that were perfect for my project. As I finish this update, I'm closing up a 12 hour workday and am very grateful to be able to enjoy a nice glass of wine and not be poking my fingertips with a felting needle. Best three bucks I ever spent, unless you count that "Help! I need loving!" patch!!!!!</div>
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So it may be a bit before I'm able to post a finished piece again....and when I say "a bit," I mean I've decided to devote the week to constructing the rest of the Catabet characters so I can paint and reveal them during the final week of this Kickstarter campaign. I have a few cat-related field trips that I am hoping to report on to fill the gap. </div>
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Thank you all again. Truly. </div>
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If you haven't joined in on the Kickstarter yet, there's still time to pre-order and help me make Catabet even better. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here to view the campaign</a> and grab a book and/or custom kitty at a price lower than you'll see when the book is on the market this fall.</div>
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take care,<br />Hilary</div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-5309270302712449772016-02-18T20:30:00.003-08:002016-02-18T20:30:38.627-08:00It's Triple Tabby Thursday!<div class="project_post_summary" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Hey Beautiful People!</div>
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I'm back earlier than I thought because I finished up three more cats today and, well, I basically couldn't wait another day to show you them. I am actually on schedule to have HALF of the book's 26 cats completed by Monday (!!!) and that makes me think I will finish all 26 by March 9 if all goes well. I'll certainly be far enough along on the last few that it will be a scintillating conclusion to this Kickstarter campaign. </div>
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So let's get into it, shall we?</div>
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G is for Grace,<br />whose hip wedding gown<br />was inspired by that go-go<br />song from Motown.</div>
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Grace gets her name from two women in fashion history! </div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Kelly" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Grace Kelly</a>, an heiress turned actress who influenced many in the mid-20th century....and....</div>
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the incomparable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Jones" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Grace Jones</a>, whose fashion reign went from the 1970's for many decades beyond.</div>
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And in case you were wondering <i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">which</i> song from Motown that our kitty Grace was influenced by......it's Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' hit "Going to a Go-Go."</div>
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These dresses in the video are somewhat like the wedding gown I was envisioning for Grace, but Go-Go boots were a must. Here's a photo of I took while I was making her: </div>
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And here she is in all her bridal glory: </div>
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I might decide to remake her head a little wider so it shows off her side curls better, but she's basically ready for her Kickstarter debut. </div>
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W is for Wallis<br />who sharpened his nails<br />so he could tap dance<br />in white tie and tails!</div>
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Wallis is named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Simpson" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Wallis Simpson</a>, an American socialite and fashion icon of the 1930's.</div>
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I looked at a LOT of images of white tie and tails for my Wallis, and decided that it would be a great photo if he were in the same pose as Fred Astaire in this image: </div>
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This was a BIG challenge to first figure out all the parts.....</div>
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And then to put them all together! </div>
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I made a stand so I could photograph him for this Kickstarter update, and probably on the final piece, but in the book I'll rig up a fancy hidden support so he appears to be standing alone. </div>
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Okay....now for my favorite cat so far. </div>
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Y is for Yves,<br />who struck up a pose.<br />He likes to call this one<br />"Schrödinger's Rose."</div>
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Y! A Yowler in Yellow Yoga Pants!</div>
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Yves was named for the very very famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(designer)" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Yves Saint Laurent</a>. I got to see a <a href="https://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/yves-saint-laurent" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">show of his work at the deYoung Museum</a> a few years back and it was just fantastic. (It would have been great to have Grace's wedding gown be more like <a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/10/12/couture-wedding-dress.html" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the iconic YSL 'cocoon' design</a>, but that's for another book.....)</div>
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I thought it would be a great opportunity to take advantage of the yoga theme and have my cat strike its best <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Vishnu</a> pose with four arms and the tail all holding iconic cat toys, which presented another construction challenge. Here's my blocked out kitty before I started shaping the parts: </div>
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and a shot from the top, before painting commenced: </div>
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I worked hard on this one, because I had a feeling it would become my cover kitty. </div>
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Here's another studio shot from a slight angle so you can appreciate the form better. It's holding a laser pointer, a mouse, a ball of yarn, a bird and a leaf of catnip. </div>
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Okay....it's time for me to get a catnap in before I finish up the four I have on my workbench. I had a great boost of pledges yesterday and am now holding at 84%! Woohoo! Big love to everyone who has supported this book. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here if you're now convinced that you want to see Catabet in print and are ready to pre-order your copy today!</a></div>
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And now for your moment of Zen: </div>
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Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-63269240426313187902016-02-17T08:26:00.001-08:002016-02-17T08:26:16.820-08:00Three Cats for your Wednesday Pleasure....<div style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hey Beautiful People!</div>
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Bunny with a Toolbelt Headquarters has cats swarming the place so I'm here today to present our three newest Catabet characters! We'll start with Coco, who you met in the Kickstarter video:</div>
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This was a rhyme that came pretty easily for me. The only thing I really changed from the drawing was having Coco hold a baguette rather than a French flag. Coco, as you may have guessed, was named for one of the most famous fashion designers in the world, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Coco Chanel</a>.</div>
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I guess I forgot to take some in-progress shots of Coco since I was pushing to get the Kickstarter video done, but here he is again in his completed state:</div>
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Now for our S character.....</div>
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S is for Stella,<br />who loved a yarn ball,<br />So she learned how to knit<br />and made her own shawl!</div>
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Stella is a Siamese breed, so I'll work that into the final text that follows this rhyme.</div>
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In my studio, I have a big trunk that has tons of wood parts that I acquired through years of perusing thrift stores and gifts from woodturning friends. </div>
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Stella was made from a giant wood ball I've had in this trunk for years--so many, in fact, that I don't even recall the origin any longer. There was still a thick piece of rope inside from being threaded onto something, which was very easy to remove. I love how you can still see the evidence of the lathe on it--those grooves near the rope fluff are the indents from where it was clamped into the lathe, and the coarse cut marks on the sides. Turning a perfect ball on a lathe means you need to turn it a few times while you shape that form.</div>
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This ball is perfect because it already had a flattened top and bottom, where my head and feet would go! I used another found object for the head--an old wood drawer pull.</div>
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Stella is named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_McCartney" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Stella McCartney</a>, the fashion designer daughter of Sir Paul of Beatles Fame and lovely Linda who was a great photographer. </div>
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This was a fun piece to paint--figuring out how to do the knit pattern was a good challenge and I am happy with the results: </div>
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Here's a detail shot to show the knit and fringe details on this piece:</div>
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Onward to our F! </div>
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Another challenging rhyme to work out, but I did it! </div>
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F is for Fabrice<br />whose footie pajamas<br />were officially blessed<br />by Tibet's Dalai Lama.</div>
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F! A Foldex who Fashionably Catnaps!</div>
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Here's an image of what a Foldex Cat can look like. (They come in a lot of colors.) </div>
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Fabrice was named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrice_Simon" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Fabrice Simon</a>, a designer from the 1980's who died from AIDS. </div>
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I decided to make this kitty lying down, because he's a contender for the front cover where I need a more horizontal piece to fit in with the cover text. Here's how I pieced together the elements to make Fabrice: </div>
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And here he is, footie pajamas and all!</div>
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Okay....I'm off to the studio and will return in a few days with three more of our cats. I may have mentioned before that I'm aiming to have ten of them done by our halfway point on the Kickstarter campaign, which will be next Monday! As of this writing, I'm only $1665 away from being funded, so feel free to forward this to any of your Frenchie, Knitter, Buddhist, Nap, Fashion, Kitty-loving friends if you think they'd love Catabet too!</div>
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Thank you so much to everyone who has pledged so far. If you haven't become a part of the fun yet, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">here's the magic link! </a></div>
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take care,<br />Hilary</div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-51718535565199459872016-02-12T13:50:00.004-08:002016-02-12T13:50:39.407-08:00B is for....<div style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hey Beautiful People!</div>
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It's time for my second update for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Catabet</a> to introduce you to our B character! </div>
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I was about halfway into writing the text before I came up with the idea to name all the characters after fashion icons, and this was the original name that was hardest to give up--Bartholemew. I loved the punny play on words to have "mew" in the name, plus my guy really looks like a Bartholemew to me. Nonetheless, I have now settled on the name "Bruno" for a multitude of international designers-- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Schiavi" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bruno Schiavi</a> of Australia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Pieters" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bruno Pieters</a> from Brussels, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basso_%26_Brooke" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bruno Basso</a> from Brazil.</div>
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B is for Bruno,<br />who, from this day hereby,pledged to never be seen<br />without his bowtie!</div>
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You may have caught a glance at this kitty in my Kickstarter video or the image I initially posted on the campaign page, but I decided that I wasn't quite happy with that initial incarnation so eyes and whiskers have been recently modified to spice him up a little. I might add a boutonniere as well, so don't be surprised if you see that in the book!</div>
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Bruno is a Bengal Cat, which is a breed that looks a lot like a leopard. I still have to write the very last part of the text on this page, so I'll include that breed name there.</div>
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I loved getting to paint his fancy shoes, <a href="http://bunnywithatoolbelt.blogspot.com/2015/08/y-is-for.html" style="border: 0px; color: #00a0ff; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">similar to my Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker from Alphabird!</a></div>
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I'm honored to be Kickstarter's featured publishing project today and am crossing my fingers that it will bring me closer to hitting the 75% mark today.....only $270 away from that milestone! Thank all of you who have helped me get this far in only five days and I can't wait to show you the next eight kitties that I plan to present in the next week! If you haven't pledged yet, what are you waiting for? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here to be my valentine by helping me hit 75%!</a></div>
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Have a great weekend!<br />Hilary</div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-13187243544905254762016-02-09T21:11:00.002-08:002016-02-09T21:11:38.029-08:00A is for.....<div style="border: 0px; color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Hello Beautiful People!</div>
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First of all, I want to tell you how excited I am to be working on my new book. It's been on my mind for years and feels fantastic to be actually making it happen. I can't believe it's already over 60% funded after a little more than a day. Woohoo!!</div>
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We'll start with the letter A, for which I chose to have my Abysinnian cat wearing an Apron and other clothing that have Argyle patterns. This breed is named after Abyssinia (now called Ethiopia) the country from which it was first thought to have originated--but now it's been discovered that its origins are actually somewhere near the Egyptian coast.</div>
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Here's a combo shot of my parts that made this figure next to the sketch I did. This rhyme came to me pretty easily, unlike some of the other ones you'll see in future posts. You can also see that I scrapped the original idea of an all-argyle apron in favor of leggings and the mitten being dominant, and the smile and apron matching. It's not easy, but also kind of fun to paint a pattern as precise as argyle.</div>
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So now I want to tell you a little secret. Every cat's name in this book is in honor of a fashion designer, model, or icon from history. Fun, huh? This will be briefly mentioned in the glossary, but it's here that you'll get to learn a little more without having to do the work yourself! </div>
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Audrey is named for Audrey Hepburn, who changed the way many women dressed after seeing her in movies like Breakfast at Tiffany's in the iconic "little black dress." I bet she could have stylishly sported an argyle apron as well.</div>
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I'm not planning on making the figures in the book in alphabetic order, but I have finished A, B and C and have already started making seven more. I'm on a mission to get as much as I can done in the next 28 days while this campaign is alive. Are you ready to roll with me? Good. I'll be back in a day or two to introduce you to another kitty.</div>
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Thanks again for your support of this project! If you know any cat-loving friends you can share this with, that would be swell. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo3towz" target="_blank">Click here to go to the Catabet Kickstarter page!</a></div>
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And now, for your moment of Zen: </div>
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take care,<br />Hilary</div>
Hilary Pfeiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036893186757464330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387792323931255291.post-68134742673639008132016-02-08T10:13:00.002-08:002016-02-08T10:13:32.091-08:00Catabet is funding on Kickstarter now!Hey Beautiful People!<br />
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Just wanted to give you the heads up that my fourth book Catabet is officially on Kickstarter! Woohoo! That means I'll be back to blogging a lot about the creation of each figure for the book in the next few months. <br />
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<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13421114/bunny-with-a-toolbelts-catabet" target="_blank">Click here to become a part of Catabet!</a><br />
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