The Cat-Sith is a creature from Celtic mythology, a large black cat with a white mark on its chest. Its known for stealing the souls of the dead, so family members of the deceased would do various things to distract it, including games and tributes. The Hawthorn tree was said to stand on the threshold to the Otherworld, and were often said to be inhabited by wee folk.
The mini pin for this section is a big cat skull;
The detail is built up with three layers of screen printing.
Also! The violet carpenter bee won our free-bee poll. Now I have the mock up for it, but its not going to look like much;
The areas of dark purple (majority) are going to be anodised metal, with a rainbow finish. The pale violet lines are going to be carved into the metal with no enamel fill. The darker sections will be soft enamel with an epoxy coating - this looks near identical to hard enamel once its finished.
It makes quite a nice mismatched pair with our Australian Blue Banded Bee (they will actually be the same size, hah).
Don't forget, there will also be freebies for; - Joining in with the PinQuest event, back three or more projects to get a free mini pin from every one. - Returning Backers. - Following before launch. This is a new one! We'll have an exclusive sticker for everyone who was following along before the project went live :). - Creator backers.
Just a couple of quick notes. The 2.5" pins do cost a little bit extra. Our 2" pins haven't changed in price, but the larger pins in this campaign are technically 'XL' so they cost a bit more.
Only three stretch goals are listed, but there are more! If we reach them then I'll have them up asap - I've just been really sick the last couple of weeks. The next one would be the Japanese Snow Fairy (long tailed tit) on a maple branch.
Thanks everyone for following along in our pre launch stuff, and looking forward to getting underway!
