Another chair, sofa, and cat creature

I don’t do very many free standing sculptures. I started working on this one sometime in 2023 and got stuck on what to do with it once I got the base and branch put together so it sat on one of the studio counters until a couple of weeks ago when the solution suddenly came to me one evening.

The magnificent Purpur cat with the big face and green-tipped tail dreams of a push-pop lift. | Wood, acrylic paint, wire | 17.25 x 4.75 x 4.75 in (43.8 x 12 x 12 cm) | March 2024

The yellow painted pole is from some broken branches I found from after a wind storm. While it was still fresh I pealed the bark from it. The green broken seat and section the cat and sofa sit on are made from pieces of quarter inch square pine dowel glued together.

A dripping paint jar made from a wooden craft piece I picked up from a hobby store. The floor of the base is a piece of MDF that I had used to mix some paint in a hurry.

I created the face in Affinity Designer and used the paint transfer technique to apply it to the cat. I used some old copper wire for the tail and to attach the head to the body. I used some thin wire I found on a street to make the ears.

To make sure this piece of the assemblage stays securely in place I drilled some hole in the bottom of the sofa legs and cut the heads off four small nails which are glued into the holes with epoxy. After the epoxy sets up I will push the sofa gently in position to mark the location I want the sofa to be placed. I then will drill some holes for the nail points to be placed in with epoxy. Because there isn’t much gluing surface on the bottom of the tiny legs the nails add some extra holding strength.