The Giraffe Cat Tower
This piece was designed and built for a true giraffe aficionado, a woman with giraffe paintings, giraffe sculptures, and giraffe kitchenware. She also has four cats. Springing from a 36" x 36" carpeted wood base with counterweights within, the giraffe is solely neck and head, comprised of a wood frame, clad with Bendy MDF boards, and painted with latex paint. The giraffe's mane is made with industrial horsehair door sweeps, and the head is a sandwich of cut wood pieces attached to a utensil holder and a salad bowl (as the owner's cats love to nest in bowls). cut wooden salad spoons function as the ears, and tapered wood furniture legs, installed upside down, form the giraffe's horns. A sisal rope webbing forms the net around the upper neck, giving the cats a place to perch and play. The painted wooden eyes are covered with a plastic vacuum tube that has been cut and splayed to create eyelashes. "Geraldine," as she is affectionately called, stands approximately 6'-4" tall floor to crown.
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The mission of Square Paws is to provide people and their pets with beautiful design, thoughtful detail, and meticulous service.
Square Paws has been created to fulfill on the following promises:
• To create fun, new and exciting objects and spaces for both pets and their owners
• To be the most successful and unique pet furniture firm in the world, creating one-of-a-kind designs
• To donate 10% of net profits to agencies that help save and protect animals against abuse in the US and throughout the world
Our products currently focus mostly on felines, as so many varied products for dogs already exist in the marketplace, and since cats lend themselves to more “delicate” designs. The greatest aspect of our products is a sense of whimsy. We take iconic elements, whether architectural, utilitarian, sculptural, or natural, and we fashion them in a form that cats can interact with. It’s in this tongue-in-cheek way that our customers feel engaged with their animals in a totally new way.
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