Posted by resonanteye on 09/28/2012
In my town, there is one corner store. There is one tiny diner-like restaurant. There is one gas pump. There is no bar, one (puny) church, and one post office. Add a few houses and that’s all there is.
This befuddled cougar hangs out by the beer cooler at the corner store. They’ve got a lot of impressive elk and deer mounts in there, as well as a bearskin rug and a few other cool things- but this cougar is the most compelling. The look on his face just screams, “WHY ARE YOU BUYING BUD LIGHT?”
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Posted by resonanteye on 07/15/2012
built as a commissioned piece.
deer toe bones, bird ribs and sternum/pelvis. dog ulnae and long bones. a budded faun’s skull, and a clay beak added to it. goose feathers, black chicken feathers. luthier’s glue, driftwood, birch plank.
twine, and oil pigments.
This one gave me nightmares too.
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Posted by resonanteye on 07/01/2012
he will ship in a well-protected box within a box.
The box is thin pine, backed with felt, signed on the reverse.
approximately 10×10″.
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Posted by resonanteye on 06/30/2012
turkey skull mount, $130 including shipping
turkey skull shadowbox assemblage with objects: driftwood, human molar, found feathers, and pebbles, about 6×9″ and 3″ deep, oil paint and bone glue used in construction.
Where I live, wild turkey abound. This skull came from a hunting neighbor- they ate the turkey, but would have discarded its skull. The molar came from a dear friend of mine who had many teeth removed all at once.
The feathers come from a neighbor’s chicken run, and the pebbles and driftwood I collected at Ona Beach on the Oregon coast, west of my home. The seedpods and nut husks were collected in the southeastern US, while I was traveling.
The snail shells were collected at Marys Peak, Oregon, and the single bone on top is from a household pet- a cat, who died of age. The human molar belonged to a friend and has been sanitized.
All items have been cleaned, degreased, sealed and sanitized, then stained or dyed before inclusion in this box.
cost includes packaging, shipping with tracking and insurance.
Insurance and delicate packaging to ensure safe arrival are included in the cost of shipping. I cannot ship this internationally due to import/export laws, sorry.
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Posted by resonanteye on 06/30/2012
dog wishes taxidermy mount
$150 including shipping
an old, worn, found dog skull properly cleaned, stained, and painted. mounted simply in a birch box with driftwood and starling legs; upon its snout is a wishbone. sealed with matte uv spray and secured with twine and bone glue.
box is approx 10×10″
I had a strong feeling that this dog led a very difficult life; when found, the skull was worn, ragged at the edges, as if it had been sawn or gnawed at. I felt that if I could have given this dog a wish while it lived, I would have.
Of course I cannot be sure of the provenance or history of the animal; I can only speak to the feeling I had, that while I worked on it with love and care and caution, it felt glad, and appreciated the way I worked with it.
process description for this piece:
This skull took a few months to process. using an insect-cleaning method, and then antiseptic and degreasing soaks repeated over time. I use luthier’s bone glue, which I heat and cure for thickness, to mount everything. All parts of this piece are archivally preserved, sealed, and clean.
Cost includes shipping, packaging, handling, with tracking and insurance via USPS. No international shipping, US only.
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Posted by resonanteye on 06/30/2012
skunk skull mount, $140 includes shipping
a very simple assemblage in an approximately 10×10″ square birch shadowbox without glass-
a cleaned and sealed skunk skull, stained and painted with oil based pigments, cradled upon a geometric nest of maple pods which are secured with bone glue.
This skull was wild-collected, and I do not know how he died.
I know that I did not kill him.
The maple pods are fuzzy, and yes they form a swastika, which represents in this case the four winds, not anything negative.
If you’d like to read more about the ritual use of this symbol throughout non-western history, here is a good link to more information.
Price includes handling, packaging, tracking, insurance, and shipping. NO international shipping on this guy, sorry. US only.
shipping cost includes packaging and insurance to prevent damage to the pods or skull.
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