taxidermy
Design
DIY: When LED Throwies Meet Mouse Taxidermy
4:00AM Danny Allen | Say your pet rat dies. Instead of trashing it, you could shove LED throwie lights into its eye-sockets in a decorative taxidermy experiment that’s as creative as it is graphically morbid. It might be what little Snowy would have wanted. More »
Gadgets
Steampunk Taxidermy Takes Steampunk to Awkward Places
2:10AM Adam Frucci | Stuffed animals are creepy enough as is — there are few better ways to make people uncomfortable in your home than having a dead animal propped up next to the sofa — but this just takes it to the next level. The “Fixed – Fawn” by New Zealand artist Lisa Black crams gears and mechanics into the cadaver of a dead baby deer, making it look like it had surgery performed on it by a mad scientist. And if you think that’s unsettling, you should check out the ferret on her website. You’ll thank me for sparing you this early in the morning. [Lisa Black via NotCot] More »
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