Leather Winged Harness with Elk Bones
This lovely aerial harness from Bethany Moore-Garrison is made from leather, hawk wings, and elk bones.
To see more of Bethany Moore-Garrison’s work, check out her Website.
Tags: animals, bird wings, bones, harness, leather, steampunk, taxidermy, wearable art, witchy, woodland creatures
Bevel Jewelry New Collection
Take a look at these lovely images from the lookbook for Bevel‘s new collection of preternaturally beautiful jewelry.
Tags: avant-garde goth, bevel nyc, bones, fashion editorial, jewelry, mystical, spooky animal-themed jewelry, sterling-silver jewelry, white, witchy
“Inner Demons”
+ Photographer {Jerry Bennet}
+ Model/MUA {Manchester}
+ Wardrobe/styling {Alex London}Via Haute Macabre
Tags: avant-garde goth, black and white, bones, dark romantic, fashion editorial, feathers, headdresses, spooky animal-themed jewelry, textured
“About the Man Who Loved Fishing”: A Jewelry Collection by Kasia Piechocka
London-based jewelry designer Kasia Piechocka has come out with a sleek and modern collection named About the Man Who Loved Fishing. Revolving around the unusual, conventionally unglamorous theme of fishing and assorted equipment (fish-head rings, earrings inspired by fishing weights, fish-hook necklaces, a bracelet resembling a chain of delicate fish bones), this collection turns “unbeautiful” subject matter into a form of elegance and edgy yet spare chicness. Seamless and sharp, these sterling-silver pieces work well in a unisex capacity, and are perfect for those seeking something a bit different as a bold/subtle statement accessory. They are available for purchase from her Website.
Tags: animals, avant-garde, bones, conceptual fashion, hooks, jewelry, spooky animal-themed jewelry, unique rings
S. Jin’s “Black Moon Cult” Series
Egads! I just picked up a set of four 5.5×8.5″ prints of the mightily talented S. Jin’s Black Moon Cult series from her Etsy shop today. Gorgeous!
See the rest of the series below.
Tags: anatomical-themed, animals, bones, distorted bodies, exposed anatomy, flowers, illustrations, intricate line drawings, modern fairy tales, nature, religious imagery, surreal, sweet/melancholy, truncated forms
“Biojewelry”: Grow Your Own Bone Wedding Rings
Several years ago, Tobie Kerridge and Nikki Stott, design researchers at the Royal College of Art, and Ian Thompson, a bioengineer at King’s College London, teamed up to create wedding bands from bone cells extracted from five volunteer couples.
According to a BBC News article, “The scientists extracted the participants’ wisdom teeth to get at a sliver of bone that attaches them to the jawbone.” After extracting the bone cells for culture, “These are fed with nutrients and grown on a ‘scaffold’ material called bioglass, a special bioactive ceramic which mimics the structure of bone material.” It was a “long and fragile” process, but basically took place in the following steps:
The process
1. Extract bone chips from jaw. Rinse.
2. Place bone cells in ring-shaped bioactive ceramic scaffold.
3. Feed liquid nutrients and culture in a temperature-controlled bioreactor for six weeks.
4. After coral-like bone forms fully around scaffold, pare down to final ring shape and insert silver liner (for engraving).Harriet Harriss, one of the participants, says: “I love the idea that it’s precious only to us because it is, literally, us. It’s almost worthless to anyone else. To take something that is from myself and make it into something precious is a lovely thing and means quite a lot to me.”
Of course, there is more potential for this project than just offbeat wedding rings made from the beloved’s own bone cells. It could eventually be used to grow bone replacements for implantation, so that the bone required to, say, repair a damaged jaw, wouldn’t have to be harvested from a piece of a rib, or elsewhere in the body. “Dr. Thompson says he thinks it will be used in clinical practice, but not in his lifetime.”
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Tags: anatomical-themed, bioart, biotechnology, bizarre, bones, jewelry, sinister arts and crafts, weird science projects
Toads and Diamonds: The Art of S.Jin
S.Jin‘s gorgeous drawings and watercolors contrast the daintiness of porcelain-doll Victorian girls with macabre sexuality, bruising trauma, and sinister anatomical metaphors. Her delicate, exquisite linework is sometimes accompanied by magical little poems and pieces of writing that exudes her fairy-tale aesthetic.
Tags: anatomical-themed, animal skulls, animals, antlers, bones, branches, bruises, deer, flowers, innocence/menace, intricate line drawings, modern fairy tales, nature, rabbits, skeleton, teacups, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, victorian
Marina Abramovic
<“the grandmother of performance art”>
Tags: blood, bones, conceptual, marina abramovic, performance art
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