Daniel Firman
I’m really shocked by how life-like (and well-dressed!) these plaster figures are– what a great art and fashion combo. He also balanced a taxidermied elephant on her trunk, proving something that seems...
View ArticleReid Peppard
Yes, that is a guinea pig comb/head piece. It was created by Reid Peppard, a British taxidermist. Her pieces take animals commonly perceived as vile pests and turns them into fashion items. Peppard...
View ArticleMatt Barton
Artist Matt Barton graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 2006, spending his time there setting up mechanized taxidermy animals in strange and colorful situations. In “Time-O-Rama: Electric Infinity with...
View ArticleJessica Tremp
Working out of Melbourne, Australian photographer Jessica Tremp produces some lovely creative pieces. Her technique is rather dusty, as if her work was produced some sixty years ago; complementing her...
View ArticlePascal Bernier
Tableau de Chasse 1 Pascal Bernier’s art work depicts an ongoing theme about human and animal relationships. This Brussels based sculptor uses and manipulates different representation of animals to...
View ArticleERICK SWENSON
Erick Swenson started creating lifelike sculptures in varying states of decay to prove that he could. Echoing set design, museum exhibits and model creation, Swenson conjures elaborate scenes with...
View ArticlePeter Gronquist’s Taxidermy Gun Antlers
Peter Gronquist makes the unlikely combination of taxidermy and symbols of power and luxury. Taking the traditional forms of taxidermy, Peter creates gold and silver antlers for the stuffed...
View ArticleEmily Burns’ Pin-up Ladies and Taxidermy
Paintings and drawings by Emily Burns. “My recent work references a variety of artistic techniques and influences from traditional oil painting and modern digital photography to the iconography of...
View ArticleUnusual Taxidermy Sculptures by Idiots Art Collective
Taxidermy is a subject that frequently makes people squeamish and uncomfortable, and there is something definitely something surreal about preserving an animal that has died. Idiots are a Dutch art...
View ArticleRhinestoned Fish And Painted Taxidermy
The artwork of Cassandra Smith exists in the space between juxtapositions. Taxidermied animals are often a bit creepy. However, Smith’s stuffed forest friends are also playfully decorated – fish...
View ArticleSculptures Of Humans With Taxidermied Animal Faces Will Make You Do A Double...
Much of the work of Brandon Vickerd carries an uneasy quality about it. They often feel as if a situation is suddenly shifting from normal to worst-case-scenario. Vickerd’s work reveals the death...
View ArticleC. Owen’s Stunning Portraits Of Taxidermied Animals
C. Owen Lavoie’s (better know as C. Owen) series of photographs entitled Trophies captures the emergence of exotic creatures out of darkness. Because they are shrouded in so much darkness, these...
View ArticleTaxidermy And Furniture Blend As Disturbing Comment On Consumer Culture
Designer Armin Blasbichler‘s work is often jarring. His series ORSON, I’m Home strikes a special chord, though. The series is composed of three “dining sculptures” created primarily from the bodies...
View ArticleNatalie Ryan’s Mysterious Blue Velvet Taxidermy
‘ Animal sculptures by Australian artist Natalie Ryan are inspired by taxidermy. While conventional taxidermy practices dictate that she preserve the skin/fur of the animal she is preparing, Ryan...
View ArticleDeborah Simon’s Incredibly Realistic Sculptures Reveal Internal Systems Of Bears
Deborah Simon sculpts anatomically correct bears out of polymer clay, faux fur, linen, embroidery floss, acrylic paint, glass, wire and foam. Aside from their size (around 22″ high), Simon’s bears are...
View ArticleKarley Feaver’s Stuffed Birds With Bizarre Haircuts
New Zealand-based artist Karley Feaver creates assemblages that involve a mixture of stuffed birds and various costume-like adornment ( human hair, gold plated metal, wood, and more). The artist...
View ArticleDr. Seuss’s “Unorthodox Taxidermy” Brings Magical Creatures To Life
In the late 1930s, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) brought his imaginary creatures to life, sculpting them out of wood, mounting them on the wall, and imbuing them with a haunting realism by...
View ArticleWalter Potter’s Curious Victorian Taxidermy
In 1850, Walter Potter was 15 years old when he first began experimenting with taxidermy. By the age of 19, Potter had already created his best-known taxidermy tableaux, “The Death and Burial of Cock...
View ArticleExotic Taxidermied Creatures Land Their Creator in Jail
In Enrique Gomez De Molina’s hands, animals become chimeras—multiple animals blended into one fantasy, nightmare creature. His taxidermied beasts are at once weird and wonderful, absorbing and...
View ArticleClaire Morgan’s Crazy Installations Use Weird Materials Like Taxidermy and...
…My attention has been drawn to the cheap distractions we choose to place in our immediate vicinity, with which to screen us from the overwhelming facts: that we are nothing; that our only certainty...
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