Now that the holidays are over I have time to relax and clean...maybe I'll even start baking (moustache) cookies and canning fruit. I also have time to start working toward my 2012 goals of expanding my business both virtually and in the brick and mortar realm. I have plans to make more art and sculptures. Like these cat sculptures... Dilly and Tiger, mother and daughter cats who past away in the past years. They were a gift for my mother.
These are orders that I completed this past holiday season. You can order them at my shop. Many of them were custom made, you can order custom made portraits and  necklaces (or art) of your favorite places personalized with a heart for Valentine's Day.

Knoxville, TN Wholesale Order

Does it ever happen to you that everything gets finished all at once? It's a really good feeling but then that means you have to go what now? Well I finally finished the wholesale order of 12 Knoxville, TN embroidered necklaces that I was making for Rococo Gallery in Knoxville today, and I finished the last drawing in a series of 5 Greek Goddess drawings on Thursday, and I finished the last of the 3 (for now) grandmother embroidered wall hangings on Friday! Phew!! Hooray!!

Africa

 South Africa Brooch.

Kenya Necklace.
These are in my shop now.

New Embroidered Neckaces

Australia and San Francisco can be seen and bought at my etsy shop (IL GATTO SELVATICO).

Happy 4th of July 50% OFF Sale

I hope that you are all enjoying your long Forth of July weekends and having many bar-b-ques and lots of fun. Tomorrow, before going to your Independence Day party, getting drunk and watching the fireworks...Buy an embroidered America necklace, patch or wall hanging for 1/2 price. Or maybe you will want to order a custom city or state necklace, patch or wall hanging (that's 50% off too). From midnight tonight to midnight tomorrow all American Maps are 1/2 price. So pass by my shop tomorrow IL GATTO SELVATICO.

MIlwaukee, WI

Here is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin necklace made for a friend of a friend. She picked a beautiful color combination, subtle yet bold. 

Here are some vintage postcards of Milwaukee. (I've never been to Milwaukee or Wisconsin).

New and Old Worlds or Maps

 The British Isles

Murfreesboro, TN: A new version of Tennessee with a blue palette instead of a yellow one and a heart over Murfreesboro rather than Knoxville.

United States 
Go check these embroidery necklaces and more out and don't forget that there is a 20% off Gemini sale happening.

Detroit Michigan

 Detroit Michigan necklace

While I was making this necklace which was a custom made necklace, I was thinking a lot about this beautiful Red House Painters song, Michigan.

Japan, Taiwan and the United States of America (CA, NY, PA)

This is a necklace that I made special for a dear friend of mine. She has roots in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Philly, Tokyo and Taiwan. Where are your roots? Get a custom made necklace of yours.

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I know it's been awhile since anything has gone on my blog so here are two new unrelated to each other necklaces. Oh and in the past week or so I learned how to make triangles with the keyboard.

A Wall Hanging Has Finally Been Made

I have been meaning to make wall hanging versions of my map necklaces for a while now. I thought they would be good for men and people who don't like loud jewelry.

I have finally made the first one. It is a map of Switzerland. I have made it as a gift for my grandmother and also as part of the "who do you think you are" challenge of the Indie Free Spirits Team.

New Jewelry

 

This is some of the new jewelry in my shop or coming soon. Feathers and arrows and one more map necklace.

Map Mountains

You know me! I love me some good map art! These are Map Mountains by Louis Reith. Found at Miss Moss.

Etsy Update: A Heart in Norway

I recently finished an order for a map of Norway necklace for the winner of the Monster Bites giveaway and here it is.






















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GIVEAWAY: Custom Country or State Necklace

Head over to Monster Bites to find out how you can win one of these beautiful Gatto Selvatico Custom Country or State Necklaces of your liking. Good luck to all!! Buona fortuna a tutti!!

Etsy Update: Maps

More map necklaces have been added to il gatto selvatico's etsy shop.


















Argentina













USA
















Italy


















Portugal

To order any of these visit the shop. To have a country necklace custom made go here.













I was at the Maxxi, Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, which has just recently opened on Thursday and I found this intricately embroidered map of the world by Alighiero Boetti, an Italian artist. I of course loved it because of my current interest in embroidering maps.
This piece was part of an entire exhibition dedicated to maps called Mappe del Reale: Maps of the Real.