Festering old Stag heads protruding from the walls of stately homes, gathering dust? The cabinets of the Natural History museum filled with animals now extinct? Or... do you think of art?
I have always had a fascination with Taxidermy. I enjoy showing bones of road kill and rodents my cat has brought in to my children, as how else would they get to see the intricate spine of a vole or the delicate teeny tiny skull of a mouse?
It doesn't scare them it fascinates them. They can tell you about the organs of a bird from gutting and cooking the pheasant we accidentally ran over once... its all in the name of Science.
Don't get me wrong, I AM an animal lover!
Polly Morgan is my artist idol. Her work is classically beautiful, macabre yet intriguing. It isn't your usual stuffed fox in a box, it a piece of art with a vintage twist, that would look amazing in anyone's home.
Here is a selection of my favourite pieces of hers.....
To Every Seed His Own Body
Still Birth (purple)
Systemic Inflammation
www.pollymorgan.co.uk
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