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What People Are Saying About Captain Cat Collective

2011-03-02T02:32:00.000-08:00

A Few Nice Things Being Said About The Art Of Captain Cat collective

" Without a doubt, my favorite shop this week has been Captain Cat. No matter what I search for, I seem to find results from this shop, and am always amazed and inspired by what I find. Each piece individually looks like part of a dream, and every piece in the shop portrays a life full of wonder when put together."
- Ashley Pahl of IndiePrettyProjects.com

"We all respond to beautiful images, ones that conjure a mood and a beautiful, aspirational life. And also images that express the perspective of the designer or store owner and that we, as customers, identify with, be they romantic, eccentric, preppy, earthy or luxurious. As a blogger, photography is one of the first things I look at when I visit a site. In fact, I've often been disappointed when I found a new label I loved and went to their website, hoping to share it, only to find lacklustre photography that failed to capture that spark I saw in person.
So, I think you'll immediately see why I was blown away by Captain Cat. This Etsy store is more than a vintage clothes store."
- Jane Flanagan of ReadyMeade.com

"If I were one to hyperventilate, that's what I would be doing right now. And all because of the Etsy shop Captain Cat Collective. I have nothing but vast quantities of love for many many shops on Etsy, but this one takes the cake. The selection is perfectly eclectic, the styling and photographs make me feel all happy/tingly inside."
- Courtney of greenandpretty.net

Captaincat Featured At Semi blog

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oh no sir, i must say youre wrong

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Etsy features

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"Diary Of A Naturealist" featured on S and O blog

2010-09-16T22:43:00.001-07:00

New Issue Of Uk Magazine Ink Spill Features Captaincat on it's cover

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Special thanks to : Sophie Playa Of INK SPILL Magazine UK
Sean English (co- photographer) and Colleen Moran (model)

Recently Featured On Etsy's Home Page

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Racoon Mask Spring

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photography by Zelda A English with S.T.English

- please ask for permission to use -

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only.your.eyes

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"You can hear the dew falling,and the hushed town breathing.
Only _your_ eyes are unclosed to see the black and folded
town fast, and slow, asleep. And you alone can hear the
invisible starfall"

In The Attic Of Captaincat

2010-04-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

Captain, my Captain: Spring Show Case

2010-03-02T22:45:00.000-08:00

"Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the
streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the
titbits and topsyturvies, bobs and buttontops, bags and
bones, ash and rind and dandruff and nailparings, saliva
and snowflakes and moulted feathers of dreams, the wrecks
and sprats and shells and fishbones, whale-juice and moonshine
and small salt fry dished up by the hidden sea."

Art Opening CAPTAIN CAT MASK SHOW : February 5th at Portland Garment Factory. Speacial thanks to Rosemarry, Britt & Josh for such a fabulous goodtime!

2010-02-06T01:14:00.000-08:00

Portland Garment Factory Showcases Captain Cat masks and paintings throughout the month of February. Besides being an awesome locally owned and operated garment making shop, PGF also has a show room full of all kinds of delightful things to admire, try on, contemplate and buy! PGF is located at 1710 NE Stark Street in the Montavilla neighborhood. Awesome people, you really should go check it out!

CaptainCat masks featured At The NYC Wicker Man Event

2009-11-10T23:58:00.000-08:00

Sometime in October we were contacted in regards to loaning our masks out to The Third Floor for their very special, one night only Wicker Man Event. a special screening of the original 1973 film, The Wicker Man. The director, Robin Hardy, was in attendance (from the UK), to present the film, do a Q & A, and to debut a teaser, footage from a new Wicker Man re-imaging he shot this past summer with Christopher Lee, called The Wicker Tree. Following the screening, Wooden Shjips (San Francisco band), Effi Briest (NYC band), and Silver Summit (NYC band), all played songs and interpretations of the original score composed by Paul Giovanni and by the original pagan folk songs, poems, and rituals that were the the basis for the film's score.
there was a reenactment of the maypole for the event, they had DJs spinning folk/acid/psych records, and the entire stage was decorated with flower chains. In turn, all of the members of The Third Floor, along with the bands, wore the may day colors of white and red, and were wearing animal masks (as in the final scene of the Wicker Man itself) and flower crowns. As anticipated the event was completely sold out. Here are a few photos from the ivent featureing CAPTAINCAT masks!!! Speacial thanks to Jacqueline Castel for the photos and for asking us to be a part of such an awesome event!

above: With the director Robin Hardy

Side Projects: Conetnt 09' Fashion Event - ACE HOTEL pdx Room 215 Portland Garment Factory

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Content 09" fashion event at the ACE HOTEL. Room 215: Portland Garment Factory & Dawn Sharp's clothing designs.

Giant Paper mache wistful sewing props and gold fish in their button ocean Installation by:
Zelda English of CaptainCat
in collaboration with Britt Howard of PGF.

*alive* Moss Hair Dress design by: ZE & BB 0f theyear 2213 designs

Building The Props: At Portland Garment Factory

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Photo credits: Brook Galloway
& Z.E.

Captaincat Masks And Paintings At Flutter Mississippi

2009-10-03T01:57:00.000-07:00

CaptainCat paintings and masks showcased at Flutter
3948 N Mississippi Ave Portland, Or

Captaincat featured interview at flutter: Read the Interview

Fresh Pot Mississippi Show: September

2009-09-04T12:21:00.000-07:00

Half + Half .Neto /English. Faux Show

2009-09-01T15:54:00.000-07:00

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Dois

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Raccoon

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All of our
Maks are hand made of paper mache and cardboard with carved wooden teeth.

Coyote with carved wooden teeth

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Red Fox

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Tapir Mask

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Captain Cat Exibition Up Now, Runs June 11 Through July 1st 2009

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Hanging Art Show At The Half And Half, PDX

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Raccoon Humane

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Tapir As A Man

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In Process: first layer paint

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Blind Coyote

2009-06-01T21:50:00.001-07:00

Process: Paper Skin

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"...to begin at the begining"

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Studio: portraits out line

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Process: Painting Portaits

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Process: Paint layers

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layers:tendon joint muscle

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CardBoard Bone

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Last Thursday Art and Craft Fair

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process: cardboard bone

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Animal Children Visitors

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