Artist Shauna Richardson has made it her aspiration to convince people that anything can be art. Her newest project, which she’s dubbed Crochetdermy, takes her ample crochet skills and applies it to a concept we usually don’t think of as art: taxidermy. Richardson’s creations are life-sized knitted animals, often photographed in the shadows where you […]
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Apr
Shauna Richardson's life-size crochet animals
10
Feb
An interview with Dog State Jewelry's Takahashi Toshi
Tokyo-born artist Takahashi Toshi (T Dog Junior) moved to London 11 years ago and began working at a Carnaby Street Jewelry shop. Since then he has been producing unique, handcrafted jewelry with precision and startling realness, and in 2004 launched Dog State jewelry specializing in modern skull and animal designs — along with some randomness […]
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Sep
Philips and O'Neill launch new range of durable headphones
The electronic giant Philips has teamed up with surf brand O’Neill to launch a line of headphones designed to withstand the rigors of an active lifestyle. And to make sure they were tough, the line of headphones were tested by O’Neill’s team riders (including 9-time Big Mountain Rider of the Year Jeremy Jones, big wave […]
13
Aug
Joshua Ben Longo finally collects some coin from making stuffed animals
One of the artists we’ve loved for awhile (and did an awesome featured interview with), Joshua Ben Longo has gotten a big break with German ad agency VCCP. Working for their client Euro Telecommunications company, Longo was hired to design and create monsters that represent the tariffs phone companies impose on customers. A fair use […]
2
Dec
Mad Max meets Charlotte's Web for Victorian Naturalist Enthusiasts.
It seems ludicrous to assume if one helplessly yelps into the nights sky, calling, seemingly desperate aches and moans of what one desires — labeling it in self realization terms “telling it to the universe” — that the universe will shout back. If so, what does that sound like? So, Tony Robbins, give it to […]
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/_LHoyB81LnE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] This video may be a bit long, but goddamn if it’s not amazing. Like that fishing orangutan, I just take stuff like this as a gigantic middle finger to people who don’t think animals have souls. There’s just no way this elephant could be trained by rote to do […]
Someone put together a list of the Strangest Animals on Earth, and there are some doozies. Some are cute as hell like the Mudkipz above, some ugly as a schlong turtle, and most just really weird (like the Saiga Anteleope below). One sharp observer even had the brilliant thought to include Joey Porsche‘s extended family. […]
