Stretching Cat Sculpture

A sinuous study in captured motion, this feline form by John Richard arrests the precise moment of a full-body stretch — spine arched, limbs extended — rendered entirely in hand-blown art glass. The medium proves inspired: the inherent fluidity of blown glass mirrors the liquid grace of a cat mid-extension, light moving through the form as naturally as breath. At eighteen and a half inches across and just over eight inches tall, the sculpture commands a console or library shelf with the quiet authority of a well-chosen object.