Comments on: Roadkill on Your Noggin? Hair-Raising Taxidermy Accessories Freak Us Out Big Time http://www.ecouterre.com/5311/roadkill-on-your-noggin-hair-raising-taxidermy-accessories-freak-us-out-big-time/ Sustainable Fashion Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:17:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Taxidermia de alta modahttp://www.ecouterre.com/5311/roadkill-on-your-noggin-hair-raising-taxidermy-accessories-freak-us-out-big-time/#comment-1672 Taxidermia de alta moda Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:14:08 +0000 http://www.ecouterre.com/?p=5311#comment-1672 [...] Los críticos señalan que gracias al trabajo de Peppard, estos animales muertos dejan de ser desperdicios, para convertirse en objetos a conservar. Y bien: ahí tienes una buena razón, en este año de crisis, para mirar amorosamente a las mascotas de tu sobrino. Fuente: Ecouterre [...] [...] Los críticos señalan que gracias al trabajo de Peppard, estos animales muertos dejan de ser desperdicios, para convertirse en objetos a conservar. Y bien: ahí tienes una buena razón, en este año de crisis, para mirar amorosamente a las mascotas de tu sobrino. Fuente: Ecouterre [...]

]]> By: giganticpupilshttp://www.ecouterre.com/5311/roadkill-on-your-noggin-hair-raising-taxidermy-accessories-freak-us-out-big-time/#comment-441 giganticpupils Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:37:55 +0000 http://www.ecouterre.com/?p=5311#comment-441 Wow. These pieces are so innately disrespectful besides shock value is so early 90's. Wow. These pieces are so innately disrespectful besides shock value is so early 90’s.

]]> By: urban woodswalkerhttp://www.ecouterre.com/5311/roadkill-on-your-noggin-hair-raising-taxidermy-accessories-freak-us-out-big-time/#comment-433 urban woodswalker Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:41:02 +0000 http://www.ecouterre.com/?p=5311#comment-433 “the specimens cease to be waste and become objects to behold."I get this gallery installation. The concpts cross into several threads of thought, I won't mention here. As art, Its fascinating. As a statement about fashion..even the entire hisorty of fashion from the beginning of mankind...its fascinating.But when the creator ignores that all organic materials....plants, animals, and even humans can be composted, or returned to the earth...taxidermy is a poor excuse. I dabbled in Taxidermy back in college. There were harsh chemicals, and non recyceable materials used in the creating of stuffed mounts. Therefore, the idea of turning all the urban "pests" and vermin of the world into fashion in the 21st century is quite a stretch.Besides, the rats shown in the photos are not Norway rats, nor the brown Roof rats...which indeed ARE the plague carrying disease ridden pests of great cities. The ones shown in the Artist's photos here are domesticated "fancy" rat breeds. Nothing like turning one's own pets into fashion. What is next? Lets see if all the animal shelters will donate the millions of homeless cats, dogs, etc, to the "fashion" cause...no? “the specimens cease to be waste and become objects to behold.”

I get this gallery installation. The concpts cross into several threads of thought, I won’t mention here. As art, Its fascinating. As a statement about fashion..even the entire hisorty of fashion from the beginning of mankind…its fascinating.

But when the creator ignores that all organic materials….plants, animals, and even humans can be composted, or returned to the earth…taxidermy is a poor excuse. I dabbled in Taxidermy back in college. There were harsh chemicals, and non recyceable materials used in the creating of stuffed mounts. Therefore, the idea of turning all the urban “pests” and vermin of the world into fashion in the 21st century is quite a stretch.

Besides, the rats shown in the photos are not Norway rats, nor the brown Roof rats…which indeed ARE the plague carrying disease ridden pests of great cities. The ones shown in the Artist’s photos here are domesticated “fancy” rat breeds. Nothing like turning one’s own pets into fashion. What is next? Lets see if all the animal shelters will donate the millions of homeless cats, dogs, etc, to the “fashion” cause…no?

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