Wabi Sabi in Handmade Creations ‘Handmade’ means something and it means something important: At the simplest level it means an individual or individuals put their efforts, their attention and brought their skills into the creation of the product from start to finish, (as opposed to machinery made.) But just because a product is handmade doesn’t mean […]
Which Fountain Does My Cat Want? We receive a lot of calls and emails from people wanting help selecting a fountain for their particular cat or multiple cat household. It’s a good question and an important one because it makes a difference to a lot of cats. And to you. Now You’ve Found The Right […]
The Glazing Twice a week we at ThirstyCats load the glaze kiln with bisqued-ware to which we’ve just applied glazes. A day later we open the kiln and behold the transformation that 2200° F over a period of about 12 hours makes. The top and bottom images to the right are mirror images of one […]
Feather Flower Cat Fountain A ‘Bubble-up’ cat fountain with slip ornamentation on the center piece. Using colored slip (wet clay) is one of the techniques we use to create more beautiful cat water fountains. In this instance slip was pipped out of a piping bag into a freeform flower design. The glaze for the center […]
3 Best Cat Water Fountains What Does “The Best” Mean? Before revealing what are the 3 best cat fountains and what makes them so, we first define what we mean by ‘the best’. That word is used a lot and quite indiscriminately for cat fountains whereby even toxic products find themselves labeled so. Let’s clear […]