FUTURIST CATS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11359, 10 April 1915, Page 7

FUTURIST CATS.

//OIJIS WAIN A VICTIM TO TIIU OUBTST AND FUTURIST GIIAZK. The futurist cat- h t.ho la test' thing in freak ornaments. it ha* been evolved from th<> Euti! • brain of Mr Ivouis Wain, the inunitible cat expert, whoso idea of applying tl'.e tenets of futurism to tlie construction of china eats has resulted in ihe creation of some t-rulv wondcrtnl feline fancies. In most ingenious manner Mr Wain has brought his invoiitivo brain to bear on the t-unsiriKtion of china, cats of the most freakish and grotesque kind imaginable. By « combination of cubes, parallelograms mid post impressions, the homely features of ih<cat are now represented to us in. ;■!! sorts of wt'lrd contortions, guaranteed to draw a laugh ir»m the most miserable of men. fn nil sorts of fantastic colours these cats an* to he seen-—yel-low cats, blue eats., pink cats, and a host of others, eu-oh bearing a. hie&age of cheer and gocd luck. The idea, in the mind of the artist when lie. t : v>r conceived the, possibility et futurist cat was that the}' should form n kind of Mascot that would lo ;Jr lovers of animals, aid from the remarkable manner in which the idea lias been taken tip in England he certainly ir.i.s achieved his object. The cats itro modelled in nil posi'.ion.s and arc of all mV.c. Mo.-t of tlicm are designed to serve a utilitarian aweil as> a decorative purpose, for tlieir tH.'dies arc ]i:.'!lov,-.'<! ~;i: .<•. »n:tl,. Xaelfi'-. f<>]- ti-'W'-rs. !