Get To Know: Bill Fantini of House of Six Cats
Let’s get to know one of our Trunkt artists…
Meet Bill Fantini of House of Six Cats:
Name: Bill Fantini
Business Name: House of Six Cats
Trunkt LookBook: www.trunkt.org/houseofsixcats
Where are you located?
Ossining, NY
What is it that you design and create?
Photography
What is your favorite part of the design process?
Taking photographs
How did you come up with your business name?
We have six cats
Where/How did this all begin?
I started taking pictures when I was 16, I am 40 now. I started on Etsy/Trunkt the same day 7/31/07.
Who or what inspires you?
Anything different and out of the ordinary.
What advice would you give other independent artists who are just starting out?
Don’t give up on your dream.
What is your favorite indie purchase or trade?
Have developed a great relationship w/Conquito Designs. That’s the only artist to date I have purchased from.
What’s on your iPod/music player right now?
I have 15 gigs, way too much to list here. Just a sample: Cocteau Twins, Bel Canto, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, REM, U2, Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, Dead can Dance. As you can see very eclectic.
What t.v. shows are you currently hooked on?
House, Hell’s Kitchen, Simpsons, Medium, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, CSI. There are more but since it is the summer I can’t remember all of them.
What was the last movie you watched?
Can’t remember the title, but it’s the one that documented the Golden Gate Bridge for a year. They filmed 24 people who jumped, and then went to interview the friends and family of these people.
What’s your favorite food?
Right now it’s Sushi, Spicey tuna roll.
What’s your favorite candy?
Peanut butter cups
Coffee or Tea?
Neither
What store could you walk around in for hours and be happy?
Target, but not hours.
Any pets?
Yes, 6 cats: Silly, Niles, Taboo, Babys, Oliver, Pickles
Favorite place to visit or place you’d like to visit?
San Francisco, lived there 4 years.
If you could be a superhero, what would your name be and what would be your superpowers?
Ability to fly
Any celebrity crushes?
Nope
Favorite Holiday?
Christmas
If you were a shoe, what shoe would you be?
Sandle
What do you secretly wish you could do/be?
Like to be financially well off.
Favorite piece of clothing?
Don’t have one
Do you speak any other languages? If not, would you like to learn one?
No, sign language
We’re more than half way through the year! Any exciting plans for the rest of the year?
Going to Portland, OR in the middle of August. We just had a daughter, I look forward to coming home every night and seeing her.
Thanks so much for sharing a little about yourself with us, Bill. Hope you’ll have a great time in Portland! Remember to check out Trunkt for more artists. Let’s see some of Bill’s great work:
  
NYC Subway Station Ceiling; Abstract Tea House:
  
  
{All images are available in sizes from 4×6 to 16×20. Prices range from $5.00 – $50.00}
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Oh man… I love that subway ceiling print. Our living room wall is looking awfully blank right now…