French Cats are back. Each pendant is two-sided, with a cat portrait on the front, and something that suggests a story on the back. The skeleton cat may be a bit morbid; I was thinking of Disney's Haunted House portraits at the time. If you're familiar, you'll know the portrait of the young woman that morphs into a gaunt, deathly looking old woman. That one might appeal to the goth crowd. I'd been wanting to make story telling necklaces for a while, and thought it might be fun to have a multi-pendant, ie, multi comic panel necklace. Maybe later... this is just a start.

I didn't know what a "bail" was until recently, when I realized that I needed to attach a Hanging Loop Thing to the top of the wood pendants so that they might hang from a cord. Hanging Loop Things are also known as bails, and I couldn't find a cheap source of them. I decided to make my own out of twice looped wire, with the ends pointing downwards like a "p" (or "q") shape. Using my old wood carving tools (from wood block printing days) I carved out grooves on the back surface of the pendant, so the leg of the "p" fit in almost level to the pendant back surface, and the loop sat over the top of the pendant. I glued the home made bails on, and the grooves and such are hidden under the fabric layer.