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- From: christin@cae.wisc.edu (Christine Haas)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets
- Subject: FERRET FETISH!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.115041.2700@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 17:50:41 GMT
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
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- Hi Ferret Lovers,
-
- I have been considering for some time marketing ferret stuff. I am
- all too aware that there is a great lack of ferret memorabilia out there,
- and since statistics show that ferrets are the 3rd most common pet -
- I think we need some more.
-
- So far, I have toyed with everything from shrinky-dinks to pastel drawings
- of ferrets. I can draw and paint ferrets - and it is enjoyable. My
- limitation, however, is the lack of ferrets to draw and paint. I have
- too lovely females - both sables. My only other source is the ferret books
- I own. They, however, often use the exact same pictures, so once again
- my sources are limited (and I think I have drawn just about every ferret
- in those books.) My other limitation is that I have a cheap
- camara that only takes distance pictures - all close-ups become blurred
- and distorted.
-
- I don't have time to market stuff large scale. So, it would be more like
- a hobby. Right now, I do things for myself and friends who have ferrets
- (they make great gifts - drawings and paintings that is).
-
- What I ask of all of you is this - do any of you have any good ideas for
- ferret memorabilia? I have seen t-shirts, and know of one other person
- that has done some really excellent etchings of ferrets. I haven't seen
- much else though (I was excited when someone recently found porcelain
- ferret/ermine figurines)!
-
- Also, if any of you have any good ferret pictures that you could send me,
- (donate to me) either to keep or to use temporarily (I would send them back
- to you), that would be really wonderful.
-
- Close-ups as well as whole body pictures (these are usually harder for me
- to find) would be greatly appreciated.
-
- My address is:
- Chris Haas
- Chris' Lettering & Design Shoppe
- 1555 Adams Street, E-3
- Madison, WI 53711
-
- Phone: (608) 255-9869
-
- So, if you have any ideas - I can't do porcelain or sculptures because I
- don't have the equipment, but am open to any suggestions you might have,
- (unique ones especially - like shrinky dinks or other less used media)
- please email or snail-mail them to me.
-
- If you would like me to design/ make something for you (or as a gift for
- someone else) let me know. Chances are, in this case, I will need some
- pictures to work off of. Depending on the number of requests I get (if any)
- will depend on the time needed, etc.
-
- Thanks and hope to hear from all of you,
-
- Chris.
-
- Email: christin@cae.wisc.edu
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