It's probably best you don't ask me what I was looking for.

[ditzy_pole]

Do you recall Gunther von Hagens? The mad scientist who developed the plastination technique for preserving bodies or body parts, and then who had his Bodyworlds exhibition tour the whole world

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[diana_molloy]

I'm OK with plant and human, less so with animals. Only because from my own end I'm happy to eat meat but not so happy with being wasteful towards life, iyswim.

And some of the bits were quite pretty. The website is now being slow so not sure on price but the chicks were £250 so I probably wouldn't buy anything if it's too expensive; I don't like it enough.

[diana_molloy]

I WOULD buy bits of human if I could though.

WAAAAANT (Though not with the 'flip flop' look base)

[diana_molloy]

http://www.plastination-products.com/Blood-vessel-configuration/Human-blood-vessel-configuration/Art-objects/Blood-vessel-configuration-of-a-human-foot::1619.html

[rosamicula]

I enjoyed teh exhibition but wouldn't go back. I'd love a plastinated doodad of the blood vessels in a human hand - it was easily the most beautiful exhibit. Some of them simply were gorgeous objects and much more interesting to engage with than Hurst split cow or pickled sharks.

[madwitch]

I'd have no problem with buying the animal or human slices, but I probably wouldn't actually buy them, on account of my tendency to put things in my mouth. This is because I guarantee that I would be the one person in all the world whose trinkets somehow managed to ignore the plastination and instead sent all those little enzymes or whatever that I'm allergic to into my mouth, making me horribly ill.

[lulu_girl]

I actually keep forgetting it exists...whoops!

There was a shake up that bodies being presented were done without consent...I'm not sure what came from that, I don't remember. As long as consent was given for public display etc etc I don't care at all about selling pieces.

[belak_krin]

IIRC: The bodies were donated to 'medical science'- because there were no specifics in that agreement against this use and such permissions include the display of anatomical specimens (for obvious reasons), the case was not brought any further. Particularly since there were no identifying marks to match bodies to families.

Personally I think it was largely a publicity exercise 'come see the macabre before it gets locked away'

[apis_cerana]

Ah, I see. I was wondering what came of that.

ditzy_pole: Thanks for linking to the plastinated jewelry stuff tho! :D I love stuff like this (as you know) <3