SIEGFRIED the cat

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SIEGFRIED is OOAK. He has been entirely designed and hand crafted by myself in a smoke free house. Many hours of patient work have gone into the conception and creation of this cat.

MEASURES: 17.5 inches (about  44 cm) from nose tip to rear end.

MATERIALS: high quality faux fur. Sheep wool for the stuffing, with an addition of enclosed glass pebbles for added  weight. Ultra suede for the inner ears, horse hair for the whiskers.

FEATURES: Siegfried has a polymer clay sculpted head on which fur has been successively attached. His eyes are of transparent German glass that I hand painted in tones of green and gold. His paw pads have been sculpted from Apoxie clay and layer painted, for a very realistic effect.

Shading has been done to body and face, to bring out the typical feline features.

JOINTING and POSING: Siegfried’s body has been designed with no joints. All four limbs are a whole with the body. He has an internal padded wire frame that goes from head to back, and from there to all four legs. The tail is also wired.

Thanks to these features Siegfried can be arranged in many different and realistic positions. His feet can be delicately curved to give them a natural pose.

WEIGHT: Siegfried’s head is quite heavy compared to the needle felted heads of my prevoius creations. I have added to the weight in the body, to have it perfectly counter-balanced. You  will notice that when you pick him up, as he will have a nice weight...not like a real cat, but almost!

Siegfried owns a felt fish bone. This toy was also made by myself.