The world of Lost Specimens is an in-depth reflection on the perpetual influence of humans on the earth’s flora and fauna, so deeply impacted by global warming and environmental degradation. These strange creatures of another time are a satirical comment on how the anthropogenic pressures of today could result in these hybridized species of tomorrow; animals that were, are or will exist in a parallel reality of the future that could (almost) be real.
(Please click on images below for detailed photographs and species description)
Miasma Milly - €3000 11cm x 11cm x 12cm tall
Pangolin Snake - €2500 16.3cm x 16.3cm x 16.5cm tall
Mohson’s Hitchhiker - €3500 25.5cm x 13cm x 21cm tall
Azores Flame Beetle - €3500 18cm x 18cm x 18.5cm tall
Isópode-Adamastor - €2500 17.8cm x 13cm x 16cm tall
Kishi Scorpion - €4000 24cm x 16cm x 27cm tall
Fireball Beetle - SOLD 14cm x 14cm x 19cm tall
Gotham Ghoul - €3000 20cm x 6cm x 15cm tall
Peat Bog Pig - SOLD 20cm x 20cm x 25cm tall
Six-Eyed Miniature Kudu - SOLD 15cm x 15cm x 28cm tall
Queen Elizabeth I Beetle - SOLD 18cm x 18cm x 20cm tall
Shui Giant - €4000 25cm x 25cm x 34cm tall
Coined vegan taxidermy, I use forest detritus such as desiccated leaves, seeds and twigs to create these carefully staged beasts, each complete with an extensive description. Juxtaposing old fashioned worlds of science and taxidermy with unsettling notions of the future, every custom-made casing has a brass label on the front engraved with the specimen’s common name, Latin name, sex and year “discovered”; with their very own QR Code on the back, a state-of-the-art door which opens into these extraordinary universes, detailing their habitat, ecology, how they evolved, their reproduction process and life span.
Parasitic Flutter Wasp - SOLD 10cm x 10cm x 16cm tall
Garbage Patch Itsumade - €4000 27cm x 16cm x 25cm tall
Dragon Leaf Insect- €4500 18.5cm x 18.5cm x 30cm tall
Arctic Tripod Cranefly - €4000 20cm x 20cm x 21cm tall
Cyclone Clam - €3000 12cm x 12cm x 16cm tall
Ubiquitous Bob - €5000 15cm x 32cm x 35cm tall
Sextet Dragonfly - SOLD 19cm x 19cm x 23cm tall
Feather Shark - SOLD. 12cm x 12cm x 16cm tall
Indonesian Terrestrial Nudibranch - SOLD 11cm x 11cm x 18cm tall
Oil Glider - €3500 18cm x 18cm x 16cm tall
Congregation Tick - SOLD 8.5cm x 8.5cm x 18.5cm tall
Samsonus Six - SOLD 12cm x 12cm x 15cm tall
Perhaps the viewer will rethink the truth behind these presented origins.
Are they real?
Could they exist?
How will our future evolve?