Let the weirdness continue with yarn taxidermy. The idea of hanging the head of a dead animal on a wall to enjoy (??) has never held much of an appeal to me. But I was intrigued with these realistic looking taxidermy done in yarn. Shauna Richardson is an artist from Leicestershire, UK. She has specialized in something she calls crochetdermy and has recently made quite a reputation for herself. She uses crochet to sculpt realistic life-size or bigger-than-life looking animals. She has received critical acclaim with her work receiving worldwide media coverage and selling into collections across the globe. In 2009 Shauna won ‘Artists taking the lead’ part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad with the ‘ Lionheart Project’ . (Click on the project link to see all three lionesses of this huge project.) I also encourage you to check out the photo below to get an idea of the size of this project. It took Ric...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.