I think these would make some EXCELLENT border prints!! (WARNING: taxidermy!)

[thumbelina_11]

...and maybe some of the ones we've seen recently have been influenced by them??

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[harukoko]

Nightmare fuel .... D:

[cemetery_dreams]

I actually saw this collection when it was at the Jamaica Inn, on a family trip to Cornwall as a small child. I think I was too young to be creeped out by it, because I didn't really think 'oh wow all these animals are dead and someone stuffed them kinda badly in order to mimic human posture, so they look strange and unlifelike' I just accepted their existence. Does anyone else find that kids are good at not questioning bizarre things too much? I remember the 'who killed cock robin' exhibit quite clearly, because I had recently learned the poem, and also the school scene. I think it's a shame the collection was split up and sold, because it was clearly such an a passion for the guy that made them.

Really not sure about making prints based on them though! Presumably drawing a print based on them would remove a lot of macabre factor simply by not being so oddly proportioned and positioned... might be best not to tell people that these were the inspiration though!

[lady_enchanter]

i love this to death

[thumbelina_11]

me, too! i especially like that it's sweet and cute...and only macabre after the fact - when you actually realize those were once living animals. i wish there was a print that could be that subtle :"D

[payapayapapaya]

Ooh, I've seen a lot of his work in b&w photos, but never in color! Thanks for sharing! These definitely look like prints IW or JetJ might make.

[clock_monster]

These are so, so cute! (Except the deformed animals. They make me sad.)
I think a kitty wedding would make a great print!
Bunnies at school, too.