But he preferred to create anthropomorphic fairy tale scenes using rabbits, squirrels, and kittens made up to look like little people.
[Video link.] This 1960s era film shows museum curators dutifully dusting off his creepily charming tableaus, which were broken up and sold at auction in 2003.
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Wikipedia on Walter Potter (1835-1918)
Book: Walter Potter and His Museum of Curious Taxidermy
oh god! haha, this is horribly wonderful....if you like this you would love the movie "dinner for schmucks" where the guy recreats legendary artworks with taxadermy mice, and calls them mouseterpices
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last supper with mice
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hilarious! a must see movie
chiodo bros making taxadermy mouseterpices!
Knowing your interest in this and copyright, I thought you might like to know about:
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Interesting thoughts on copyright!
Eeew!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of some of the A.B. Frost etchings and watercolor pieces for Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus stories. Frost illustrated all of the plantation characters with a very realistic and lifelike style to them.
ReplyDeleteOMG -- squirrels playing poker -- never thought I'd see that! Anyone game to render it in oils? Could be a big hit...
ReplyDeleteDamien Hirst doubtless was profoundly influenced by Mr Potter but didn't have Potter's patience.
The only thing that could save this from being thoroughly repellent would be if the critters had died naturally, but there is little chance of that.
This is creepy! Not to mention all the animals that he killed to make them.
ReplyDeleteThat's fascinating but also very creepy. Worst part is that my mind was wandering to the how he dispatched this poor critters. It also reminded me of a Scubs episode with the janitor and his stuffed squirrel army
ReplyDeleteI know people are saying animal cruelty and all that but still it is so sweet, I would love to sketch one of his dioramas someday xD
ReplyDeleteHe looks so close to Beatrix Potter: same subjects, same last name, only 30 yr of gap... anyone know if is there any relationship between them (can't find anything on internet)?
ReplyDeleteoff topic, but has everyone seen this bic pen vermeer....
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No more complaints about not having the perfect pen, pencil, sketchbook, etc.
This is nothing short of macabre. And I live in a house reminiscent of a hunting lodge. lol. But no one's dressed up like wee people.
ReplyDeleteI know this was created in the olden days (1960's) but I can't help but be utterly disgusted and scared out of my skin (no pun intended.) But specifically the kittens, I really don't want to think about..where he got so many. That was just too much for me. Thanks for showing us something different but part of me wishes I didn't see it, maybe I'm too easily frighten or bothered.
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