June Stock Item
This month's stock item is a Wall Mounted Fatcat 4 finished in Bleached Coir with White Twist Pile internals - this was the last unit that we made at our Wallis Road workshop before it closed last month.
We're Moving To Alaska
We've found a new HQ for making our Hicat® products & are going to be based in Southwark, just south of Tower Bridge in London.
May Stock Item
This month's stock item is a Catapilla™ finished in Bleached Coir with Coloured Twist Pile internals - it's made up of a Purple Body+ unit & Green, Orange & Pink Body units.
BIG THANK YOU
Just a very quick but big THANK YOU to everyone who's emailed notes of support or Tweeted sweet things about us following the news of our temporary workshop closure...
Temporary Workshop Closure
We are very sorry to say that the Wallis Road building that has been our home since 2008 was sold recently & we have been told unexpectedly that we need to vacate by the end of the month.
Special Grey Coir
Some of you will remember our special grey Concrete Coir finish that we imported a few years ago - this finish went down really well with our customers & we've been on the look out for a replacement ever since.
Cat's Cradle Testing
We started a design exercise a few years ago for a Cat's Cradle accessory to use with Polecat - the idea was to come up with a platform that could be retro-fitted to the unit to give some perching & sleeping options.
God Save The Cat!
We've just received a wonderful note from Donatella at the L’Associazione Telefono Difesa Animali to say thank you for the Tomcat 4 that we donated last month...the charity's Facebook page says it all.
Specials Galore
We've had an unusually high amount of special orders over the last few weeks & wanted to show off one in particular that is currently making it's way to Crace in Australia.
Two Tomcat 4 Units Up For Grabs
We have two Tomcat 4 units that have been sitting in the workshop for what seems to be forever, one of which is the unit that we used in our photo shoot for our home page website images.
Bark Coir, I Remember That
We've just finished this month's Stock Item, which is a Tall Bobcat & one of the first ever Hicat® units to be fabricated in the new Tibet Wild Cat Wool finish.
Extra Fat Fatcat For The Big Screen
We've recently finished a very special Hicat® for a customer in New York - the piece was a custom design to mount over an extendable projection screen unit.
Product Updates & Refinements
It's taken us 8 years to get our products where we want them to be & the last set of product improvements included larger tilting feet, oversized inserts in the base & top end caps along with some changes in fabrication techniques that give us the best results in forming & finishing our Hicat® units.
Catapilla™ Donation Winner
We've just made the draw for the prototype Catapilla unit that was up for grabs & the first nomination out of the hat was RSPCA Southall...congratulations to them!
Tomcat 3 Needs A Home
We've been contacted by a customer who is moving home & sadly having to give up their Tomcat 3 - they've kindly offered to donate their unit to a charity or rehoming centre as their first choice but other deserving homes will be considered.
Hackney WickED Open Studio Day
For the first & last time we will be participating in the Hackney WickED DIY Open Studios event, which is part of the London Festival for Architecture & is being held on 29th-31st July. Our doors will be open on the Friday & Saturday & it's probably going to be the last Open Studios event given that the area is about to go through redevelopment displacing a large number of workshops & artists, including us.
Smiley Cat Website
Our Facebook page is no more but we have just put to together a new cover page to introduce our Hicat®, Scraaaatch™ & Catapilla™ products along with links to our Instagram, Pinterest & Google+ accounts plus newsletter sign-up - all in one place.