Welcome to Scat Cat Arts & Crafts

Beautiful Butterflies, Story/Hiking Sticks, Chip-Carved Boxes, Etched Glass & Jewelry

Mike Johnson is an artist/craftsman who designs and creates beautiful hand-carved wearable art (colored or naturally finished butterfly pendants, crosses, whimsical pendants, and earrings), story/hiking sticks, chip-carved boxes, etched glass, and working clocks made from wood panels and wooden boxes. He is a self-taught artist who has developed carving and finishing techniques which do not easily fit into any artistic "category".

Completed pieces often contain "illusion inlay", a technique Mike developed which gives the appearance of beautiful inlaid wood or mosaic tiles.

Mike began creating butterfly necklaces in the mid-seventies for friends, and has seen these pieces become very desired parts of jewelry collections.

The jewelry pieces are hand-carved from local and exotic woods, and the completion of a piece involves hours of meticulous carving, sanding and finishing.

Hiking/story sticks are created from saplings in length from about 3 to 5 feet. This is the most time-consuming form of carving that Mike does. Hiking sticks usually have designs (cotton bolls, sea turtles, native-American symbols, etc.) on them. Story sticks have a theme and a "story" about this theme. Often the "story" is in the form of a poem Mike writes, a song, poem by someone else, or, for example, record of accomplishment (Mike created a beautiful piece using his grandfather's civil war record).

Mike welcomes inquiries and commissions. Please contact Mike if you are interested in purchasing any of the pieces in the gallery.