TAXIDERMY/ART/SCIENCE
who.
What sustains us?
As a species, a culture, an individual?
What do we leave behind?
Does it mean creating something to be indestructible and everlasting or simply embracing and honoring that which truly is, no matter how ephemeral?
This work is born out of a need to confront human relationships with mortality and our perceptions of death. It also explores anthropomorphic impacts on our environment and the natural world. And the two are more closely associated than you might think: Our single-use, disposable culture, vs. our contradictory drive for something timeless. That waste generated by humans, the imperishable plastics and synthetics, all of it left behind to ironically outlive us all and remain a terrible memorial of our lives. Immortality through our refuse.
But death shouldn't be all about despair, it should be a celebration of life, and the inherent absurdity within.
Welcome to Fingers Crossed.
Whimsical and grotesque, we seek to conserve and preserve, speaking to the human condition using terms of the natural world.
This is the result of science, art, and culture colliding in the brain of a comically morbid, perpetually unsatisfied human being.
Let's hope for the best.
what.
TAXIDERMY
Unconventional taxidermy using ethically sourced, found or damaged specimens, prepared in a way that highlights the history of the subject or human impact on it, the juxtaposition of natural and unnatural.
SKELETAL PREPARATION
Cleaning, articulation, mounting.
Parts and/or parcel.
THE OTHER side
Paintings, mold-making, custom boxes and other forms.
SHADOW BOXES
Inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, or "golden repair", these entomological boxes serve to highlight damaged aspects, making what would traditionally be discarded into a celebration of that which is.
