Neko Chigura (稚座)

Have a look at Neko Chigura, an amazing cat basket, handmade in Japan by local craftsmen. Neko Chigura is a byproduct of rice industry and the basket-making is a side business in the winter season when the region becomes snowbound.
They have a website and apparently a long queue of orders. In Europe they are an exclusive and quite expensive item, not bad for a side business!

I've always dreamed of visiting Japan, now I have a solid "purrpose". I quit my job, move overseas and live with locals in a small village to master a craft of basket making for cats.

Sounds like a good plan!

Happy New Year!

Sunny days (goodbye summer)

This is probably the last day of decent English weather and we didn't want to waste our time. Cameras loaded, cat is ready for action and some of our products are out on a streets of London.
Ready, steady, go!

Welcome to Hackney!

We recently moved our premises to trendy part of Hackney, and this is what greeted us through the window. A ferocious looking cat asking for fresh meat and some blood...

Unbelievable!

The truth is always not as sinister as it looks, her name is Mandoo and she is 17 years old cat looking for a company and a friendly chat. We gave her some honey roasted ham and we are friends forever. Never judge a cat by its looks...

An absolute must for lovers of cats and black and white photography, a book by Tony Mendosa "Ernie: A Photographer's Memoir" that was first published by a small Santa Barbara press in 1985. By all accounts it remains the best book on the life of an individual cat and it is still a bestseller.

Swiss-style poster Generator. Restrained Randomness...

We can't get enough of playing with instant Swiss-style poster generator by Californian graphic designer Ben DuVall and his brother Clark DuVall. It allows you to create good looking posters with little or no effort and no poster looks the same. So much fun!