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An awesome photo by my friend Jazmin from the country fair demo last weekend! I'm drying the skin of a gopher that I am going to mount eating lollipops, and I had Mr. January as my ambassador in charge of fluffiness. Rat Kenny was also there, but I had to hold him back to stop a little girl from tearing him apart, she liked him so much. I was so chuffed that so many people took interest and stopped by, and I want to give a huge shoutout to Donna Guibbini, the head of the fine arts department for her dedication and support. This was such a wonderful experience, I'm sure I will be back next year!

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“Nice hat!” My tribute to Cannibal! The Musical, and one of my entries in the county fair this year. #taxidermy #skunk #furhat #cannibalthemusical #trapperhat #wearableart #shpadoinkle

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I'm dropping my entries off at the fair today and I realized that I never put a good picture of my skunk hat online.

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I know I haven't been active in this blog for a long time, so to make up for it, I'm going to publish this good news here first!

On Sunday, September 20th, at 7:30pm, I will be performing an anthropomorphic taxidermy demonstration in the Fine Arts Building at the Santa Cruz County Fair. I'm so excited, the Fair is my favorite place on earth and to be able to do this is really an honor for me. I don't know what to say, except, yay!

#personal#taxidermy#Santa Cruz
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Kohei Nawa (b.1975, Japan) - Pixcell (2010-13)

Japanese artist Kohei Nawa is acclaimed for his PixCell series, which is a word that integrates ‘pixel’, which demonstrates digital image resolution, and the biological ‘cell’. While the subject in each work connotes its own attributes such as weight, smell and color, its essence is lost or distorted through the production process in which glass, crystal and urethane coats covers its surface. PixCell-Deer, the representative work of the PixCell series, is the most celebrated work from the BEADS series that cover taxidermied animals with clear crystal beads. The composite of taxidermied animal and crystal beads is like a completely new organism that entirely deconstructs the initial color, texture and form of the original taxidermied animal and creates a new experience. While the beads in different sizes seem to interfere with the precise reading of the subject, they gain a new function as lens, maximizing color and form, and seducing the viewer. This reminds the viewer that the world which the human senses perceive as the truth is actually ambiguous and uncertain. Through an extensive medium of expression, Kohei Nawa sheds light on the human desire to embrace, cherish and possess the uncertainty. (src. Arario Gallery) © All images courtesy of the artist

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I inherited a muffed up old cobra from an acquaintance. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with it but still, it's a pretty cool thing to have!

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Alright, sweater's done, time to get back in the saddle. I don't usually use gloves for store bought animals but for some reason rats always have a REALLY strong pee smell that I don't want getting under my nails. He is for my Wind in the Willows project, and he's a teeeeeny bit bigger than I would have liked in comparison to the mole I have finished, but overall I think he'll work nicely. I promised my mom that I would get all the animals in the freezer done by June and not bring home any more unless they are specifically for my County Fair diorama. Anyway, just proving I'm still around :)

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