{"id":836,"date":"2009-06-10T10:19:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=836"},"modified":"2009-08-01T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T17:54:33","slug":"i-am-starry-eyed-for-taxidermists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/10\/i-am-starry-eyed-for-taxidermists\/","title":{"rendered":"I am Starry eyed for taxidermists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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… made explicitly poetic by two visits I had in the last week with taxidermy artists.<\/p>\n

First was Emily Mayer, an amazing animal artist in Norwich. She lives + works in an old workhouse infirmary, and makes exquisite sculptures – some taxidermy, some found materials like scrap metal and plastic bits and downed wood (see the recent exhibit at Campden Gallery here<\/a>). She’s also taxidermist to the (art) stars.<\/p>\n

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Emily Mayer's beautiful clean exhibit space upstairs from the workshop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emily Mayer, my godchild Susan O'Flynn, and Violet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Second was my morning visit to the temporary workspace of Eric Morton, taxidermist for the Great North Museum (n\u00e9e Hancock Museum) here in Newcastle on Tyne. When I spoke to him on the phone he said he was in the process of moving his workspace and there wasn’t much around. Right. He’s genius. I asked him if he has animals festooning his home, and he said “no! that’s like bringing work home. I collect clocks.” I can only imagine.<\/p>\n

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Eric Morton at his workspace at Newcastle University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Exhibit A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Moving Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is no mean thing to be able to pet animals–\u00a0 albeit dead ones —\u00a0 like owls, foxes, and moles.<\/p>\n

More photos here chez my flickr zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… made explicitly poetic by two visits I had in the last week with taxidermy artists. First was Emily Mayer, an amazing animal artist in Norwich. She lives + works in an old workhouse infirmary, and makes exquisite sculptures – some taxidermy, some found materials like scrap metal and plastic bits and downed wood (see … <\/p>\n

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