A cat caught mid-step
A standing cat reads as an ornament. A stalking cat reads as a predator, and this piece is built in the low, coiled moment just before a bound: body dropped, haunches gathered, one forepaw lifted. On a zoo night trail or a resort garden sightline that posture does the work. The visitor sees a shape in the planting from a distance, reads it as a big cat, and only understands the threat in the pose once they are close. The armature is reinforced so the reach and the lowered line hold without a visible prop.
The rosettes are the whole job
Leopard markings are not spots. They are irregular rosettes, a ring with a partial centre, and no two are the same size or spacing. We hand-paint each rosette onto fire-retardant satin silk after the fabric is stretched, mapping them to the contour of the body so they follow the muscle rather than sitting flat on a panel. Get that wrong and the animal looks like a printed toy. The tawny ground and the black rings are layered, not one colour, so the coat keeps depth under the LED light.
Lighting the flank, not the whole animal
The leopard is lit as two zones, the flank and the head, so the face stays the brightest point and the body falls into shadow behind it. That keeps the eye on the animal's intent, the head and the direction it is looking, which is what a stalking pose is about. The 5W-class CE LED bulbs sit behind the silk, and the separate zones let you dim the body for a later-evening programme without losing the face.
Placement and the reinforced frame
This piece suits a trail with planting or a garden sightline where the cat can half hide, because the stalking pose reads best when it is not fully exposed. It is built in the Zigong workshop to your site on the XL-AN series, 0.6 to 6 m class, and the reinforced armature is what lets it reach and cantilever. The armature ships with its fixing detail and wiring schedule, and we can install on site or guide your own contractors step by step.
