Paige tashner

Metal is happening on the Purrmaid!

Had a great meeting with the engineers about wind/lift calculations, final base and anchoring plans and certified welding needs to ensure the Purrmaid will be strong and safe for Burning Man and beyond!

The Purrmaid purrk patches arrived today!

This was the second year for Trust and me! Really nice to be in a smaller space packed with art and creative weirdos.

The Purrmaid is almost ready for the CNC process. Engineering has started on the base and kelp alcove. Eeeeee!

The main reason I want to build the Purrmaid is to help people understand how important kelp forests are to us, but in a whimsical way.

YOU can support the Purrmaid in many meowgical ways!

Volunteers are pawesome!

A 2026 Black Rock City Honoraria recipient, the mythical Purrmaid (half cat / half mermaid) embodies the mysteries of the ocean.

Stretch is a 20 foot tall, fully extended, metal, kitty sculpture. She can stand alone or be part of other installations, let's say, for example, a giant lighthouse, to add some monumental whimsy.

P.U.R.R.R. is a playful clowder of freestanding, dual panel, giant cat silhouettes. Nested in between each pair of big cat panels is a set of steps leading up to a “mewing” platform, from which purrticipants can survey the playa and spy on the other cats.

Poise demonstrates the chaotic beauty of cats in motion using aforementioned felines purrforming a balancing act on a tower of animated balls.

GiftyKitty in my beloved hometown or Portland, Oregon is a meowgical place where I sell some of my cat-inspired art!

The Glow Cats are coming to the annual Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF).

Ray is a large, steel, atomic-era, glowing cat.

The Trust Cats will be at the Autumn Lights Festival and the Bay Area Maker Faire this year!

New site! Moving all my project over here....slowing. Stay tuned!

I am purrleased to announce that three out of the five Trust Cats are now in my beloved hometown of Portland, Oregon. We had a grrrrreat...

See two of the Trust Cats at the Ruth Bancroft Garden's annual Garden of D'Lights. November 24, 2023 - January 6, 2024.

The mythical Purrmaid (half cat / half mermaid) embodies the mysteries of the ocean...specifically, the fantastical kelp forests. What's her tail [sic]?