Your cat in glass?
Ed Anderson
First, I want to say this is NOT spam! I will not try to sell anything to
anyone in this group. I'm only looking for opinions about my idea.
I'm building a small glass engraving studio in my home, and putting out
feelers to see if there would be any interest in the following.....
Web sites that do animal portraits in oils, ink, pastels, etc. are common.
What about having your cat's portrait engraved in glass? This would be no
simple 5 minute quickie. This work ranks with fine oil paintings. I'm
talking realism--right down to the eye sparkle and individual whiskers. The
technique I use is called sand carving.
The portrait can be deeply engraved on the back side of a mirror, for
instance. When viewed from the front, you see a 3-D image of your cat
staring back at you! A similar work can be done on other types of glass
such as plates, trophies and door inserts. I have also experimented with
simulated antique gold and copper finishes that really look sharp. I want
to eventually add the
ability to do large items such as room dividers and table tops. I can also
personalize with initials, names, and logos.
Do you have a favorite photo of your cat? I am extremely particular about
my work. I prefer to work from large, clear photographs to see as much
detail as possible. Think of it. Nothing catches the light and lasts
forever like engraved glass!
I don't have a business yet, or even a web site. I'm just looking for a
little feedback in the form of people's reactions to this rather novel idea.
In other works--WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I'll be more than happy to answer any questions.
Ed
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
suggest you change the thread title, though - I thought it
was a resurrection of the "kittens in a bottle" hoax that
was posted here a while back.
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
disappeared! And since the guy's e-mail didn't transfer to
the top of my reply, he's not likely to get many responses,
is he? (Even though I didn't delete his post when I
replied.)
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
here?????
Debbie Maizels
> And now my first reply is gone, too! What's going on
> here?????
I can see all of them, Evelyn - weird!
Deb.
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Karen
at evg...@earthlink.net wrote on 3/24/02 12:21 AM:
> And now my first reply is gone, too! What's going on
> here?????
>
> "Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)" wrote:
I've seen all of them.
Karen
Ed Anderson
You are the second person who has advised me of the previous hoax. I am a
cat owner myself, and certainly would not appreciate this kind of sick
"humor".
As to your question, I will send you a personal email. I don't want the
other readers thinking they are in the middle of an "infomercial"!
Ed
"Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)" <evg...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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GraceCat
an avid collector of quality cat stuff :)
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Hazel Az
mirrors.
I certainly think it would be something worth looking in to, although it may
take you a while to build it up enough to make it profitable.
Hazel Az
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Tektor
Bridget
GraceCat
We had a kitten, an exotic shorthair, named Max for a few months but my
daughter was less than two. She developed a very nasty upper chest for a
solid month until (stupidly) it dawned on us it was the cat. Rather than
start a weekly allergy regime for Abi, I said there was no way I'd do it to
a year old baby who didn't ask for a cat. We got rid of Max and Abi could
breath happily. The reason it took us forever to figure it out was that
she's fine, absolutely fine around cats she doesn't live with. But the
minute she sleeps in cat dander, forget it. She's sick. Or at least she
was. We see friend's cats all the time and she's fine, not the first sneeze
or red eyes. We were going to try it again this summer :) but this baby is
going to hold us off for another year or so. And then it'll be a foster
kitty that will be on temporary basis (or a weekend keeper for a friend)
before we adopt permanently.
Abi has started asking for a kitten, but if she develops allergies with a
foster, she'll still be too young IMHO for her to decide if she wants weekly
allergy treatments. We can use air filtration, vaccumming daily etc like
many do here, but that's just too young for me to feel like a decent mother.
When they're gone, or in their teens able to make that decision, knowing the
hassle... then we'll do both if it comes to that.
I do speak of cats from time to time however :) We have a couple office
cats, one beautiful tortie girl that I believe I'd bring home if I could
now. She's a true lady that can jump six feet high to snag a bird off the
bird feeders if Mom doesn't keep an eye on her. I hate to condone the act
of hunting and killing innocent animals. But CC is an amazing cat to watch
when she's in hunt mode. Dad (whom I live next door to as well as work
for, Mom too) has a year old brand new huge nicely built barn that a family
of humans could live in nearly. He keeps a few ferals that people have asked
if he'd like out there. Now we're up to five ferals, the kittens (3) will
probably be tamed now that it's growing warmer and no danger of feral mom
moving kittens out of the hay and into muddy ground beneath tack floor.
Feral Mom is skittish enough you can't pick her up, but not too skittish to
get an ear scritch before she runs off. I haven't messed with them too
much, I've seen the kittens in the barn twice since they've been born,
7-8ish weeks ago because they are feral and although I've more than likely
been exposed to toxoplasmosis (the litter box feces pregnancy no-no warning
reason) there are worse things under their claws than what I've been exposed
to previously. I got a whole lecture on why to avoid outside cats for
reasons other than what you hear about.
Ok, I'm babbling LOL.
Speaking of the toxoplasmosis (not toxemia, my spelling is off tonight) the
vet said when he was in school they tested as a lark I think, to see who was
exposed to the germ/virus and who hadn't been. Out of his entire graduating
class, IIRC he said something like two people were not exposed. Chances
are, he said, if you live with cats for any amount of time (I grew up with
them) then you've been exposed and your worst worry is infection from a
scratch, as cats can have very filthy claws. That's a conversation that I'm
drawing on from nearly five years ago, so some details might not be correct
:)
Grace
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Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
subscribed again on earthlink. (The advantage to having two
news servers.) This has happened with a couple other
newsgroups, too, in the past. If they start behaving weird
on the one server, I just unsubscribe and swith servers for
a while - it seems to take care of the problem (until the
next time).
Yowie
Please feel free to post anecdotes about your cat and join in with the
newsgroup itself as well. While I won't buy (too expensive to ship to
Australia) I'd really like to see your work. Do you have a web page?
Participating in the newsgroup and using your .sig file to advertise your
wares IMHO would be the most effective way to reach your target audience
without ever being accused of spam. And hopefully you'll enjoy it and make
new friends as well.
Yowie
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Ed Anderson
Thanks for your interest. Using a sig. file would be a good idea.
I'll let you know when I'm up and running.
Does anyone know how sensitive birds really are to cool temperatures and
drafts? I prefer a cool home (not above 70F). Can't they be gradually
acclimated to slight drafts? After all, their wild kin don't live in
perfect conditions.
Ed
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Ed Anderson
How did that bird question get in there? I'm posting to several groups, cat
people, bird people, horse...you get the idea. Guess it's time for a coffee
break.
I've got a cat that couldn't care less about drafts. Don't worry--she's
afraid of birds!
Ed
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Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
Ed Anderson wrote:
>
> Hi Yowie,
>
> Thanks for your interest. Using a sig. file would be a good idea.
>
> I'll let you know when I'm up and running.
>
> Does anyone know how sensitive birds really are to cool temperatures and
> drafts? I prefer a cool home (not above 70F). Can't they be gradually
> acclimated to slight drafts? After all, their wild kin don't live in
> perfect conditions.
What kind of bird? They come from all sorts of different
climates - what part of the world is yours native to?
(FWIW, I've seen pigeons out in all kinds of weather - birds
can puff out their feathers to create lots of insulating
air-space, when they need it.)
Yowie
Your basic green budgie (parakeet) and bigger birds should be able to
survive drafts and coolness. But canaries and finches tend to be more
delicate birds and some care may be needed.
And don't worry about the off-topic post. It happens. We try to be helpful
here.
Yowie
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Ed Anderson
Evelyn,
I was thinking of a tropical specie--like a parrot. I'm sure a pigeon would
be easy to keep. I can't figure out how to get rid of the #*^% things!
ED
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Ed Anderson
Ed
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work.
Say I have a photo of your cat in front of me. I am working on a quarter
inch thick mirror. Using your photo, I engrave your cat's image ( in
reverse) into the back side of the mirror, going about an eighth of an inch
deep.
When your cat is viewed from the front of the mirror, he is not only facing
the right way, but his image is three dimensional like the face on a coin
(only far more detailed and realistic ). Etched glass is partially opaque
and contrasts sharply with the mirrored glass. You cat now seems to float
in a mirror background.
A mirror is only one example, but I hope it helps you visualize what I mean.
"Norm" <Pec...@att.net> wrote in message news:3CA20A63...@att.net...
> I'm interested in your ideas, although in the blind as to what you
> envision etc. My longterm address is ns...@mercurylink.net
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Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
Ed Anderson wrote:
>
> Evelyn,
>
> I was thinking of a tropical specie--like a parrot. I'm sure a pigeon would
> be easy to keep. I can't figure out how to get rid of the #*^% things!
>
Well, It gets fairly chilly here, sometimes (although seldom
below freezing), and we have thriving wild colonies of
little green parrots in various parts of greater Los Angeles
(Pasadena, West L.A., not sure where else). Rumor says the
originals escaped from a pet shop fire, years ago, but if
that's true, they've certainly been fruitful and multiplied!