The Cat

I carved The Cat from a piece of the Olmsted Linden. It's gorgeous wood. I saw that it was a cat right away, from the little branch sticking out.

She's a combination of the only 2 cats I've ever had. One side is like skinny Sido, the other like fat Adolphine. It's fun to try to be true to an odd piece of wood, incorporate its quirkiness with my own. 

She's 15 inches long, 61/2 inches high, 5 inches wide. Finished with linseed oil and creamed beeswax.