I seem to have a love of dancing skeletons, as evidenced here and here.
I just revisited on of my favorite antique film clips: Le Squelette Joyeux, by Auguste & Louis Lumière (1895).
He’s got some nice moves.
Category: anatomy
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The William K. Bass Center for Forensic Observation is one of the largest collections of skeletal remains in the modern world. It has been invaluable for research in the field of forensic anthropology.
Behind the University of Tennessee, a little outside of Knoxville, there’s a 2.5 acre plot of land surrounded by a razor wire fence. This is the body farm, where forensic scientists and researchers learn about human decomposition. When William K. Bass first opened his center to study human remains in 1981, he had one dead body and a 16 square foot cage. By 2007, the farm had over 150 decaying specimen – many donated to the farm by interested volunteers.
You can see a short three part video in which the founder discusses the facility here
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Jezebel Charms has a wonderful collection of cuff bracelets. The subject matter is fantastic (for my personal taste anyway).
These make me wish my wrists weren’t too freakishly small for all standard bracelets.
A Sherlock Holmes inspired piece! Oh how I’d love to wear this!
Skeletons…always a favorite:
There are also many literary quotes featuring classic authors. Great stuff! (Thanks for the link, Maya!)
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Maskull Lasserre carved a beautiful skull from obsolete computer manuals.
Sometimes I’m conflicted about book sculptures because I love printed literature…but outdated computer instruction is the perfect item for this type of work!
Early production shot:
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How could I not be a fan of John Clowder’s collage work? From the artist statement:
Our resource constituency comprises obsolete adverts, morbid medical texts, bone atlases, and zoographic curios.
I’m sold!
See more here.
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I’ve seen scattered images from Troels Carlsen around the web and just managed to track down the name behind the work. I’m rather partial to his series of skeleton installations.
These skeletons are always emerging…breaking through…enjoying miniature moments of personal triumph. They are curious and worldly little things.
See more here.
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Alnwick Garden is now on my destination list.
The one kind of “medicine” I’d really like to overdose on:
Amazing outfits ahead! This was taken in 1915 (probably what I would have worn if I were around in that time period):
And now an incredible “sport dress” from 1885:
So, is this pretty much the greatest sweater of all time…or THE greatest sweater of all time?
And now for the requisite skeletons that somehow make it into all of these posts. I may have actually featured this before, but I just love it so much.
Be careful when someone asks to “pick your brain.” It may be literal.
With tooth-care proofs of purchase, one could acquire this fabulous dental clock from Zonweiss (well, a rather long time ago anyway):
Mmm…I love the hazy glow of this photo…
When writing a letter to me, please address it as such:
This is how I lift my elephants, too.
I do enjoy de-contextualized slices of vintage printed work…
Absolutely a cause for celebration!
Bats: is there anything they CAN’T do?
Oddly, a few images of bats dealing with headless things grace my desktop at the moment.
This one puts me in a good mood, instantly.
I confess to a bit of library corner lust for this globe lamp:
And these rings are wonderful (yet another example, like most of these images, of lack of sourcing in micro-blogs…does anyone know who makes these?):
I’ll close this post with a monstrously sweet image by McLean Kendree.
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Have a bunch of time you want to kill looking at wonderfully fun art? Visit the Laluzapalooza group show if you’re in LA.
La Luz De Jesus Gallery proudly rebrands our annual juried group exhibition, LALUZAPALOOZA. This gigantic, no-theme show features works from some of the freshest and most relevant artists working today. Over 9,000 submissions from commercial illustrators, graphic designers, tattooists, scenics, students, animators and working gallery artists had to be sorted-through, and we’ve finally narrowed it down to 125 or so artists.
There is a ridiculous amount of eye candy in this show. Paintings and sculptures abound, to suit all of your pop surrealism and lowbrow art needs!
If you can’t make it there in person, you can always do what I did last night: dive into the buffet of creatures, warped pop culture, anatomy, undead and just plain beautiful things by viewing the whole exhibit online.
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A remote street in Lima, Peru houses the largest collection of brain specimens in Latin America.
[The] collection contains over 3,000 examples of damaged brains and fetuses, displaying abnormalities caused by an array of neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and substance abuse damage.
The purpose of the museum is to educate neurology students about a vast array of pathologies, but it is also open to the public.
The modestly-sized museum is packed with morbid examples of stroke, Alzheimer’s, tumors and trichinosis, but the star of the show is the Creutzfeld-Jacob disease specimen, commonly known as the human strain of mad cow disease.
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