My first art love is drawing. I've been doodling since I could hold a pencil. All throughout high school I took as many art classes as I had time for. 2D art is my go-to, hands down favorite. I don't have access to a good enough printer to do my own prints, and I always liked the idea of functional art, so I've been looking for a home for my flatter designs. Embroidery is fun and popular, but each piece is a one-off. I usually don't repeat my work. So, aside from the one lucky recipient of a piece of embroidery art, I can't share what I make with a wider audience.
Now, I found Zazzle and created a shop.There's not much there yet, but to test things out I made a keychain with my cat, Bones.
No, just no. Bones the Cat Keychain
by RidingTheFox
My son, Alex, says she looks like she's dabbing, and wants the text to read "Dab", but that's his generation's thing. Maybe if it gets enough attention, I'll do another run of them that way.
Bones has been one of our two cats for quite a few years. We got her when she was approximately 3 years old from the local Humane Society after one of our other cats died. While the husband and Alex were looking at cute, fluffy kittens, I kept being drawn back to her cage. She was just sitting there, with a patch shaved out of her side, one ear was clipped, and she just looked miserable. But, when we brought her into the little visitation room, she had the biggest purr I have ever heard.
We decided that she was the cat for us. The Humane Society told us that she was a stray, had probably had a litter of kittens sometime recently, the shaved patch was where they had to dig out a pellet that someone had shot her with, and to top it all off, someone had smashed her face so hard they had to remove her canine teeth on the top. It was her first day out on the floor. We took her home and it's been canned food and cuddles ever since.
