The Model

This is Tommie Girl.  Her mom is Nan LeFevre - a Friends Board member and the creative genius and energy behind Stray Cat Strut.  Nan wanted ours cats to have cat-i-tude, like Tommie - a beautiful one-eyed rescue.

The Sketch

We contracted with Fiberglass Farm to do our cats and they proposed this sketch.

The Mold

The next step was to create a mold for our review and approval. 

The Prototype

After some "tweaking" to the mold design, Fiberglass Farm sent us a prototype.  Nan and  Linda Padgett along with our artist coordinator, Tom Clark, strutted this prototype all over town in order to secure sponsors for our cats.

Our "Logo" Cat - Stellaris Felis"

While sponsors were being secured, applications from artists were also being collected.  This effort was coordinated by Tom and Debbie Clark of Village Picture Framing.  Sponsors selected their cats from the portfolio of artist submissions.  This is a sample --
the Stray Cat Strut "Logo" Cat - Stellaris Felis"
Artist:  Alicia Amade Galka
Sponsor:  Village Picture Framing and Art Gallery