Tribal Inked Cat Skull and Specimen Box

[naamah_darling]

I have a niece that actually appreciates dead things. Do you know how few people can say that? Anyway, this is what she got for Christmas. Most kids would probably be horrified to get a cat head in a box.

Comments

[aminamithri]

As lovely as your ink-work is, I think I prefer the skulls without them, myself. Though the box is really quite an awesome idea.

[naamah_darling]

Heh. That's why I bought two. One to ink and one to leave unadorned.

I prefer to keep one unaltered specimen around if I can. My favorites are the engraved skulls, but something this thin and tiny . . . I'm not good enough to engrave it yet, and I don't know that I ever will be.

[dharawal]

THAT, now that is an amazingly gorgeous piece of art.

Lovely.

[liminalia]

The bottom and side labels are my favorite part. You do such nice work aging labels.

I actually like the ink-runs into the sutures and think they make it look even better.

[phyrbyrd]

How gorgeous - I love the comparison picture with Fish posing with the cat skull. I'd never be able to get Bizkit to sit still for a picture like that, unless I wanted to have her looking at the skull to see what it was...
It looks great in the box, too - where did you get the box from, by the way?

[naamah_darling]

I did not bribe or in any way induce Fish to come lay in the picture-taking area. She is just a natural camera slut. Seriously. Ask

[galiyah]

Fish is quite the little camera hog, isn't she? Lovely kitty skull. I'm sure your niece was quite appreciative, with or without the story.

[naamah_darling]

Serious camera hog. Ask bat_cheva. I was taking a picture of her the other day, and Fish heard the camera and came in and made a nuisance of herself until we pretended to take pictures of her, too. She doesn't understand what it is, but she knows it's important, and that she's "helping." And she gets attention.

She always tries to help, no matter what we're doing. Her nickname is Helpercat. She even has a theme song (Helpercaaaat! Helpercaaaat! She's a BIG help because she's faaaat! Helpercaaaat!)