I feel so lucky for the opportunity to work on a sculpture of a cat this beautiful🩶 Momo's mama also shared some wonderful stories with me, about Momo and his life. When she told me that their evening routine was to go outside for a bit at night before dinner and enjoy the moonlight, and that he loved butterflies, I knew those were elements that I wanted to incorporate into the sculpture. If you look closely at the sculpture, there's a little ring just above the collar, that is meant to be the glow in the dark "ring" he wore when they went outside. I am planning to sculpt a couple of butterflies around him too, and use glow in the dark ceramic glaze (yes that exists!!) as a little nod to their time in the moonlight, and the butterflies he loved so much. Once bisque fired, Momo is going to be painted in his beautiful tabby markings. It really feels important to me to pivot the focus of my videos away from my own art process, and towards the animals they celebrate. after I lost Brooksie - and after talking to so many of you that has had similar experiences - it's become so clear to me how many wonderful, kind people are here. and I want to give back to the community, and the animals that centers it, that has given so much to me and us. I'll probably be backed up with orders and the give away sculptures for a while, and I don't really know how to use this platform to make a micro-impact, but I want to start putting it out into the universe now. thank you again so much for being here❤️