About Cat Hair Studios | Susan Weller

What will happen to Cat Hair Studios?

Cat Hair Studios current texture portfolio will continue to be available over on Flick - you can find them here: cathairstudios.

Cat Hair Studios - How it began!

Strange name for a studio huh!! The background to the name of my studio goes back about 10 years. At the time I was collecting ceramic tiles from the 1900's, mainly tiles in the Art Nouveau or Arts & Crafts styles.

I loved the motifs but the tiles were very expensive, so I decided to make my own tiles! I developed a method for using plain white ceramic tiles. I would cover the surface of the tile with a texture paste, this added a nice texture to the tile but more importantly it allowed me to use any type of paint to "paint" the artwork on to the tile.

During this time I had two gorgeous cats, one was a long-haired black cat. I would paint 2 or 3 tiles at a time leaving them to dry overnight. In the morning I would inspect the tiles to be sure they were covered completely with the texture paste, were dry and ready for painting. Every single time....somehow... at least one of the tiles would have a single strand of black cat hair embedded in the texture paste!

When I decided to start to selling my tiles (without the cat hair of course!) along with some greeting cards which featured my photography I needed a name for my studio - and the name Cat Hair Studios seemed to be the purrrrfect fit! My gorgeous cats are no longer with us, but the studio name is kept in their loving memory.

As my studio and interests changed overtime the name and Cat Hair Studios brand no longer matched up to the work I am now doing. PhotoMelange will now take over the texture and image side of my work, Cat Hair Studios will continue on Flickr, but ost new products will be offered on the PhotoMelange.com website.