Feline Faces Patchwork Vibrant Cat Portrait

Inspiration and Origin:
This design is inspired by the expressive charm of cats — creatures celebrated in folklore, literature, and daily life for their independence, mystery, and playfulness. From the mischievous Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) to T.S. Eliot’s whimsical Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939), felines have always sparked imagination. Folk art traditions often captured animals in bright, symbolic forms, and here cats are given a stage of color, pattern, and personality.
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Did You Know? (Fun Cat Facts)
- 🐱 A cat’s purr vibrates between 25–150 Hz, frequencies that can promote healing in bones and muscles.
- 🐾 Cats have a specialized collarbone (clavicle) that lets them always land on their feet when they fall.
- 🌍 There are over 70 recognized breeds, but most cats worldwide are mixed or “moggies.”
- 👀 Cats’ eyes can glow in the dark thanks to a reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum.
- 🧬 The genetic mutation that makes Siamese cats blue-eyed also affects how pigment spreads through their coats.
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From Christopher Smart, “Jubilate Agno” (1759–1763), in praise of his cat Jeoffry:
“For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
For this he does in ten degrees.”Jeoffry is remembered as one of literature’s most joyful feline portraits, echoing the same playfulness and reverence in this design.
Whiskers weave a smile,
Eyes like lanterns in the dusk,
Each face tells a tale.
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