A dead bat still hanging from the ceiling of a cave.
Fun fact: When the muscles in a bat’s feet/legs relax, the foot closes. (Contrast to our hands, which open when the controlling muscles relax.) This is why bats can sleep—and die—upside down.
Muskrat Love 2014. This animated taxidermy sculpture features a Muskrat Jester professing his love by presenting a beautiful white rose bud with an irresistibly charming grin of gold. The Muskrat Jester is wearing his finest velvet garb with a magnificent headdress to match. His ring and eyes are made of high quality genuine jade. He is set in an alluring scene of antique clockwork inside of an olive green wooden vintage clock case. A golden ornate windup key comes out from the back and can be turned to play the music box tune “Send In The Clowns”. Watch in delight as the Muskrat Jester turns his head while raising his arms up and down. #taxidermyautomaton #taxidermy #automata #automaton #averoseart #fantasyart #sculpture #assemblage #mechanical #steampunk #skulls #creature #musicbox #oddities #curiosities #fairy #muskrat #jade #jester #harlequin #macabre #jansvankmajer
I’ve been getting requests for this all year, and I’m finally ready to roll this out.
I’m doing natural history gift boxes. These are blind boxes filled with various types of specimens, such as but not limited to diaphonized things, skulls and bones, butterflies, wet specimens, etc.
They come in different sizes and each tier has different things. They’ve been pretty popular as gifts,and can be ordered at the link below.
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