Draw 30: Cats

Polly Pinder studied graphics at Leeds Art College. Her first job was with a Yorkshire newspaper, and she subsequently worked as a lecturer in graphic design at Wakefield District College. She has written and illustrated a number of books on a variety of other subjects including cake decoration and growing herbs, papermaking and paper crafts. Her illustrations in Muck and Magic were commended when that book won the 1993 Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize. She has also designed bed linen and wallpapers, and the graphics for a wallpaper book based on newly-discovered eighteenth-century wallpapers.Polly now works from her pottery studio creating beautiful, small-batch candle holders and large food platters.

• Ginger kittenSphynxBengalRagdollThe waiting gameTabbyManxLong-haired PersianLonging for a tickleTabby on the prowlSomething tasty up there!Ginger TomSiameseWho, me?Egyptian MauLong-haired tortoiseshellBurmeseSiamese sitting prettySleepy catCurious catGinger Tom sittingSnoozing catCat on the lookoutCatching butterfliesFace washCurious kittenTortoiseshell with a bellFeeding timeSnuggling and dozingReady to pounce