Blueprint Lucky Cat: the maneki-neko, the beckoning cat from Japanese shop counters, cast entirely in electric blue and rendered as a sculptural object against deep black. Since the Edo period the raised paw has been read as an invitation for customers and good fortune to come in. Usually it is gold, white or red plastic. Here it loses the colour and the kitsch and keeps only the gesture, a small icon of hope turned into sculpture. Blueprint takes objects from the everyday and the iconic, things we pass without seeing, and renders them as monochrome blue sculptures, weightless against black. Each object becomes a study of itself. About this deck

Material: Grade-A 7-ply Canadian maple, the same wood used in professional skate decks

Size: 85 x 20 cm (33.5 x 7.9 in)

Print: Gallery-quality UV print, no glass needed

Edition: Part of the Blueprint limited edition series by Stanislav Arnautov, Berlin

Mounting hardware not included: purchase separately

Ships from Berlin worldwide in protective packaging

Also available as a diptych (45 x 85 cm) or triptych (70 x 85 cm). See the full Blueprint series.