My Faux Taxidermy

I finally finished my Double-Headed Doodle Bird. I am quite fond of him (saying this, for me, is a large leap) and do not want to part with him. I do plan on making some more stuff like this for my other Etsy shop though. I will have one shop for wearing and another shop for staring...

Here he is complete with taxidermy fish eyes and real stone crab claw beaks (to which I owe my mom the credit for picking one up and saying, "This would make a good beak").




I find freak show type stuff so amusing and intriguing. I also like the idea of turning the perfection of nature into imperfection through replication. You can't replicate nature by hand, so why not try to express this by creating things that are a little "off?" More on this later...