When creativity talks.

When I start designing a new piece, I have an idea about what I want to create, but I am not sure of the final result. An image in my mind is the beginning and I do some drawings, try with different colors, and then, I choose the materials among those I have available and if I need it, I buy some others. The thing is mixing different textures, colors and details. While I'm working on a piece, new ideas emerge and it starts changing from the original idea, it takes its own life and form of expression. Such is art.

This piece is incomplete yet, but it is almost done. Every piece is an adventure, it has its own rhythm, some of them are done at once, another need to stop and rest from time to time. This took its time, probably because it was thought for a cat.

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