#Dead Things

[shiftythrifting]

It's just a little guy

Facebook Marketplace Sydney Australia

[thesesixseeds]

“Freak Deer. A piece i just did. Conjoined parts from 2 mummified deer heads.” -Richard Difeo

[skull-hoarder]

I'm finally done

The 3.74 meter reticulated python is finally finished, I am extremely proud, I feel like a peacock

There were probably more than a thousand pieces and I still have a 2.5 meter burmese degreasing and two other snakes in the freezer waiting to be cleaned and articulated

[4bstraktions]

[museofthepyre]

Another strange little animal painting, while I’m at it 🦌 (he’s maybe a bit dead) (I used a wood panel from a SUPER old abandoned barn as a canvas, so it’s… warped. Does not do well to be photographed)

[penelope-kat]

Analia the Bee

I made this after finding a bee that I thought was dead, but was actually still alive, barely.

I don't usually name my specimens, but I asked my best friend if she wanted a bee named after her and she said "yes" (btw her name is pronounced "ah-nah-LEE-ah", not "an-NAH-lia").

Of all the animals I've found, this one made me the saddest.

Here are some pictures of the bee right after I found it and thought it was dead:

And here are some pictures I took of it today:

Rest In Peace, small bee friend.

[carrionhearted]

There’s such a widespread ignorance regarding vulture culture. Yet there are sooooo many wildly varying groups of people who connect over it… pagan folk, indigenous peoples, biology nerds, goths, country folk, artists, archaeologists, general nature lovers, entomology nerds, zoologists… the list goes on.

I love bones, I love the stories they tell, I love getting to hold and examine and clean and identify them, I love getting to KNOW them. I love getting to give them a warm place to rest. I love keeping that piece of them alive and loved. I think that’s what people don’t understand about vulture culture.

We don’t collect dead things because we’re twisted sickos who enjoy suffering??? We do it because some core part of our identity connects deeply with nature and life’s cycle— and because we have an immense appreciation and respect for every stage of it. I myself am pagan, that cycle is so central to my practice/ beliefs. I am also autistic, and my special interest happens to be vulture culture. Just because I collect and preserve the dead doesn’t mean I’m going to like… bite? Idek what people expect. I just want to talk about osteology and give you cool animal facts. I can introduce you to my bone collection, I can tell you each animal’s individual story- I take care to remember them all.

You look at the dead and see suffering. I look at the dead and see what once lived, what grew, I feel so proud of them for that, I see their beauty, their worth even when they’re grotesque and withered. I witness a step in the ever-marching cycle of life. Just because it’s unsightly to you doesn’t mean it’s undeserving of love. There is no life without death, and so I worship death as I do life. When you die, you will rot, and THERE IS BEAUTY IN THAT!!!!

[dailybuffysummers]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 6.13 “DEAD THINGS”

[palaeosinensis]

I have a whole series of these I'm working on and tweaking; they're intended for a paleolithic themed oracle deck (though I make no promises). This one is the most "ready" and complete - the raven.

[valdevia]

A collection of dead things from my art.

Which creature should I kill next?

[shiftythrifting]

huh

[birbbones]

Recently built a new bookcase (1st image) and it lines nicely with my old one (2nd image). Specimens are no longer cramped in one place!

cetaceans & euro otter are held under an EPS license

[flesh-n-bonesss]

Bunch of do.gs!

Bottom two are box.ers who are here with me just temporarily ❤️

[katarinanavane]

Just added this mink jaw necklace with rainbow glow in the dark teeth! Link in bio if you want to claim this one

[rr0adkill]

[museofthepyre]

I rarely post my regular non-fandom art stuff here but… bones… progress on my bone project™️

I sketch out the weird surreal-y forms based on what shapes I see stained onto the bone itself— the natural discolouration from decomposing in the woods. It kinda feels like I’m capturing their ghosttttt!!!!!! Every scapula is from the animal depicted on it (a horse and a deer, in this case).