Stuffed Livestock Furnishings From Italy’s Armin Blasbichler Studio.
Given my posts on tattooed pigs and pigskins received so many controversial reactions, I can only imagine how these tables from Armin Blasbichler Studio, which…
The World’s Largest Crochet Sculpture & Crochetdermy by Shauna Richardson.
Crochetdermy by Shauna Richardson turns game hunters into knit wits. Her mounted animal heads and animal statues made of hand crocheted knits take the old tradition of taxidermy and give it a politically correct and artful spin. She creates life-sized and oversized sculptures that blend craft, realism and collecting. (more…)
Mounted Life. Stunning Taxidermy Photography By Danielle van Ark.
The Mounted Life is a series of photographs by Royal Academy of Arts graduate Danielle van Ark. She visited the storage and archives of museums around the world and found animals in surroundings and environments so far from their natural habitats she was struck by the inherent contrast and photographed them. (more…)
Real Road Kill Bracelets by Metalsmith, Jeweler and Taxidermist Lucy Jenkins.
One of the best uses of Road Kill I've ever seen. These unusual and surprisingly attractive real road kill bracelets were made by award-winning metalsmith/jeweler/taxidermist…
Sandra Musy Taxidermy Art: Dead Animals Get Decorated
Sandra Musy: La Nature Vénéneuse was a recent exhibition featuring some seriously glamorous taxidermy — sparkly stuffed animals of the real variety. (more…)
More Swine Art by Wim Delvoye : Tattooed Pigs & Pigskins (UPDATED PICS)
My last post on artist Wim Delvoye, his pig farm and his tattooed pigs has received so much interest - as well as controversy- that…
Inked Oinkers: Tattooed Pigs by Wim Delvoye (UPDATED PICS)
Tattoos have become less of a taboo and far more mainstream in the past decade. Two reality shows are focused on tattoo artists, many magazines…