Natasha Fadeeva makes beautifully delicate and evocative stuffed animals including cats. I prefer the phrase “plush toy” to “stuffed animal”. Sorry. Natasha knits mohair to make the animal. Mohair comes from the Angora goat.
Here are three examples of her work. Here is her website. Natasha takes fine photographs too. They are closely matched in mood and lighting to the style of the animals she makes by hand.
The center photo is of a sad cat. Natasha seems to be aware that there are lots of sad street cats. I think these stuffed mohair cats make excellent Christmas presents for cat lovers. They cost around $150 each. I would expect that she ships them internationally.
Wow! I didn’t know what to expect when I first started reading but I was astounded when I saw them, they are a work of art. Ruth feels that bigger eyes wider apart would make them more realistic but the fact that they havent sets them apart I don’t think she makes them to look realistic, they are made to be something a bit different certainly not your run of the mill plush toy.
I love the mum and babies 🙂
Beautiful. I prefer stuffed animal.
Did you see the little foxes on her website? You could finally have one Michael, sitting on your chair.
That is just lovely. I would love to have one- maybe one day our kitties will send me one- for my next birthday purrhaps.
I love the expression on her face- to me it doesn’t look sad- it’s just very intense emotionally. Thanks for sharing that with us.
I am pleased you like them DW. She is an artist. The quality of the photos also indicate that. I think her mohair cats make a nice present for a cat lover. An expensive one but very nice.
She is clearly an artist. I love every expression. So nice to know about these. Thanks Michael.