these are rescued small bodies from the pet store, nothing wasted.

art can be everywhere we look. even the macabre is beautiful.

all of these creatures and their respective parts were humanely harvested. some refer to me as the pet store coroner. i come to take away their dead. simple wet specimens are hardly simple, they hold what once was life.

avril lavigne, the pet store mascot. she passed gently in her sleep, and we have saved parts of her to be remembered, and not forgotten.
yellow chick, from the pet store. preserved in formalin, then an ethyl alcohol solution.
yellow chick, from the pet store. preserved in formalin, then an ethyl alcohol solution.
yellow chick, from the pet store. preserved in formalin, then an ethyl alcohol solution.
long tailed lizard from the pet store, preserved in formalin and then a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
long tailed lizard from the pet store, preserved in formalin and then a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
long tailed lizard from the pet store, preserved in formalin and then a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
the head and feet of avril lavigne. after fixing in formalin for six months, they are now in a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
the head and feet of avril lavigne. after fixing in formalin for six months, they are now in a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
the head of avril lavigne. after fixing in formalin for six months, she is now in a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
the feet of avril lavigne. after fixing in formalin for six months, they are now in a dilution of ethyl alcohol.
tarantulas and scorpions awaiting their final resting place.
a big haul from the pet store. saved in the deep freezer, worked on a few at a time.
a small mouse, this one is up for diaphonization. ready in six months or so.
brazilian knife fish.
sadly, a customer of the pet store brought their recently deceased beardie in. grateful to be able to preserve his memory.
avante garde chicken parts.
more of avril.
part of the curing process, using salt and borax and time.
a gorgeous hackle.
my skinning skills are getting better.
avril is mean muggin'
skeksi.
head still feathered.
avril was so lovely.
my uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, and there are also bits of endometriosis and hemorrhagic cysts. they were sliced to be biopsied, and now remain on my shelf, more useful as art than the painful thugs they were inside my body.
my uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, and there are also bits of endometriosis and hemorrhagic cysts.
my uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, and there are also bits of endometriosis and hemorrhagic cysts.
my uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, and there are also bits of endometriosis and hemorrhagic cysts.
mr fatty fat fat rat.
a small barn rat.
my uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, and there are also bits of endometriosis and hemorrhagic cysts.
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