tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post174668300520578665..comments2023-07-20T14:52:22.013+01:00Comments on Alternative Eagle: Manchester Museum and other stuffKaren Cheunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162058505350255330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-17836235943083957402011-02-11T16:43:51.198+00:002011-02-11T16:43:51.198+00:00Those jellyfish sound amazing. And the ones on the...Those jellyfish sound amazing. And the ones on the link were cool. I shall have to see them one day!<br /><br />There's an artist called Polly Morgan who is about our age and is a taxidermist/artist. Google her and see her work. Some of it is pretty weird but kind of amazing. She uses roadkill or dead pets donated to her for her work.Karen Cheunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162058505350255330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-30873961230271306522011-02-11T13:38:39.848+00:002011-02-11T13:38:39.848+00:00I know exactly what you mean about feeling uncomfo...I know exactly what you mean about feeling uncomfortable yet fascinated with taxidermy. I've found myself recently haunting taxidermy online because I often need models of things for my experiments. <br /><br />On the one hand I find them macabre on the other hand I like the way the victorians were fascinated with nature and almost saw taxidermy as an art form. <br /><br />Wollaton hall in Nottingham has quite a good collection of old taxidermy, but the most amazing and beautiful things (that I wish I could collect) were hand-blown glass jelly fish models. Science and art combined. I was raving about them for hours. <br /><br />I think they were like these<br />http://designmuseum.org/design/leopold-rudolf-blaschkaKatnoreply@blogger.com