Would it offend?
I havent posted any of my art yet, mainly because i didnt have a camera. Now i do, i'm wondering if some of my art would offend.
I use a lot of natural things that i find whilst in the woods or fields, including bones etc. Some of the things i've used include: Birds wings; birds legs; skulls, jaw bone, shedded snake skins etc. My family says its gruesome, which i can understand, but i see it differently. To me, using a bird wing is no different than using leather (they are both from a dead creature). However, if it would offend, i would refrain from posting such work.
Please let me know, as I would hate to upset anyone.
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Permalink Reply by Loryn Spangler-Jones on -
oh my..turn you on...doesn't take much does it?
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Permalink Reply by Marie Reeves Knight on -
Go for it, I would love to see your work!
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Permalink Reply by Trudy Clark on -
Thankyou so much everyone. I really wasnt at all sure. We live in such a 'politically correct' world these days. I would just like to point out that being pagan i would never take a life. Everything i use is collected from the already dead, and in a way, sacred to me.
Becky, its nice to know i'm not the only one that hangs dead things. The hedge on my field looks like it belongs in the chainsaw massacre back yard (foxes, dear and birds at the moment). I skin them and use the faces for masks, but also incorporate parts of their fur into art and pagan objects for my friends.
Mo, i really do think i've found my home. I'm loving it here. Thankyou so much Gary for this brilliant site.
Brian, youre a very disturbed little boy. I think i like you.
Now all i have to do is figure out how to use my new camera.
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Permalink Reply by Mo Mapes on -
I kept my turkey neck bones this year (my family was a bit....EEEWWW...about it) and I have been saving up chicken and turkey WISH BONES. Not sure how I will use them but I will sometime! Now maybe I should boil and bleach chicken bones? Turkey will have to wait another year! LOL
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Henderson on -
Thanks for sharing this Trudy - it's very interesting. Love your sense of humour!
Good luck with the camera!
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Permalink Reply by Logan Smart on -
i agree post your work no matter what anyone does someone is always gonna be offended lol its human nature me personally i think its cool how you use bones and other parts of animals. heck i got punched once by an animal lover because i build duck boats for hunters like i said someone will always gripe about anything someone does
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Permalink Reply by Loryn Spangler-Jones on
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can't wait to see it Trudy!!!
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Permalink Reply by Grant Dowling on -
This work sounds fascinating... I wish I had some of the same sources of material that you have...
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Permalink Reply by Trudy Clark on
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Mo, if you want to save your bones dont forget to use a de-greaser on them. Any household de-greaser will do. If you dont they can stain your art. If you'd like to know how I can post it for you.
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Permalink Reply by Mo Mapes on
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Thanks Trudy- I'd love for you to tell me what to do so I do it right the first time. I'll take any info I can get. When I was a kid we had a neighbor that was a science teacher and one day we smelled this horrid smell coming from his place so I went over to see what he was doing (I was very precocious) and we lived in the boonies so it was a ways off and he had something boiling on the BBQ! I asked what it was and he knew I loved science and nature so he took the top off and up popped a SEAL HEAD. Nothing much phases me but I did not expect that and he was boiling the flesh off with chlorine bleach! What a stink! I was only 9 years old but I remember it like it was yesterday. It did turn out really cool......So anything better than boiling bleach will do for me.
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Permalink Reply by Trudy Clark on
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Hey Sandra. My idiot-proof camera is smarter than it says on the box. But i'm working on it.
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Henderson on
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You crack me up Trudy!
So glad you joined LMM!!!
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