I am usually not a huge fan of three-dimensional art, but there are certain kinds of work I will always love and find exquisite. Taxidermy has been in my life for a long time, and watching my father put together deer heads and other animal figures was a sight for me growing up. The whole process is interesting.
Jessica Joslin had an interest in Victorian-era taxidermy and started to collect an assortment of natural objects such as shells, bones, feathers, seedpods, etc. She utilized taxidermy and thus created her first, one of a kind, taxidermy beast in 1992. Her art has a truly unique and creepy appearance. I think she is wonderful and I am glad to have stumbled onto her art.
The one above was made using a real turtle shell, bone, brass hardware, beads, antique vestment trim, leather, and glass eyes!
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