“I have never found a soul with my scalpel.” R. Virchow, 19th century German surgeon There is a box her father forbid her from looking in when she was a child. We are in one of the central rooms in t...
Once Boutique Etsy
I walk in through the entrance and I know this is the first time I’ve ever set foot in the tiny ruin, but I have also always been here. The stone is worn away with time but you can still trace ...
Here, finally, is the big give-away competition I have been planning for what feels like a hundred years now. The competition will consist of 3 prizes. First prize is a piece of ‘Sleep’ t...
Today is the day of the worst nightmare I have ever had in my life. I would not expect anyone to read this but if you do I am immeasurably grateful. I apologise in indulging myself this way but to me...
Hauntingly beautiful images from a photoshoot with Ms Swiczeniuk Photographer: Charlotte Kinson Model: Anna Swiczeniuk Headdress: Amore de Mori Corset: Boom Boom Baby MUA: Tabby Casto Assistant: Carl...
GIVEAWAY COMING SOON! Garcier and Dalia will be making their gand debut shortly. YOU will have the chance to make your home their last resting place.
Please come join me here on tumblr I will be using it for for Amore de Mori taxidermy and osteological adornments work, Once boutique work, Sleep taxidermy work and personal ramblings, musings and in...
Recently I have tried mapping my dreams in an attempt to better understand my head. Ever since I can remember I have had vast intricate dreams which became all the more potent from my long term use o...
noun (plural Wunderkammern /-ˌkaməːn, -ˌkaməɐn/) a place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited. Click here to vist ‘Once’ boutique
I sent my Momento Mori collection to the talented and beautiful Anna Swiczeniuk for her to model and shoot. As always she created beautiful images that never disappoint. Here is a selection of what s...
Recently I have put my mind to doll making. A while ago I made these fascinators based on an idea by S.Jin to make tiny antlers for skulls. My cousin suggested I should extend them into dolls so I di...
ONCE GIVEAWAY! Giveaway to celebrate the opening of ‘Once’ HOW TO ENTER ‘Like’ the ‘Once’ facebook page. On the 7th of December I will do a random draw of all entries. WHAT YOU WILL WIN The winner wi...
You could get this plane to a planet near the earth, about as far as the moon looks. Just above the cloud line but out of our atmosphere. When I visted there was a building that supported human needs...
I find myself mentally at a permanent cross road, my thoughts fall like regimented rain. One voice tells me its scared, another tells it to shut up, one is calling my laptop a fucking whore, somewher...
When I first started sharing Amore de Mori on the internet (about 5 years ago) I can happily say there was very little similar work around. Not to say it hadn’t been done, there have been many ...
I need someone to help photograph the stock for my online store. I cant offer money but can offer store items in return or commissions (be that once clothing, Amore de Mori work or taxidermy). I live...
I used to think I was an urban creature. I enjoyed the complexity of a city and wanted to crawl the streets as a feral fox drinking in all the memories and crass idiosyncrasies of the people who haun...
Victorian death photography became popular after the invention of the daguerreotype (the first commercially successful photographic process). Most families couldn’t afford to have a portrait pa...
Things have started to really get going with ‘Once‘ and some artists were kind enough to give multiple submissions. I will be holding a stall at the Norwich body art festival with my frie...
Topeng monyet, or masked monkey. Monkeys in Indonesia are trained by street performers to mimic human activity’s (pushin g a pram, playing a guitar) with a dolls head mask. Their human handlers ...
Sometimes I look at a section of ground. I look at a paving slab and imagine the materials that went into making it. I imagine the fragments of marine creatures skeletal remains that went into the li...
So far have some amazing artists interested in the Once project Here are the recent submissions which will hopefully be printed a.s.a.p Vanitas by Jon MDC Protostegidae by Jumei Kelly Durette Also pe...
Well done to Anna Swiczeniuk for winning the Japan fund raiser draw Also a big thank you to everyone that donated (avatar by Yasahime)
Uzamaki slug sex. The most beautiful and disgusting thing I’ve ever seen Its a slow chilling extraterrestrial dance, the translucent flower that’s created is more like something out of a...
A word to the wise on formaldehyde, do NOT breathe it in. Its like breathing in in vaporised pepper. Also don’t get it on your skin, in fact don’t even look at it or talk about it behind...
As me and my girlfriend have a lot of reptiles we also have a lot of bugs to feed them. One species are mealworms which look like this- larval form of mealworm I didnt really know too much about meal...
I am currently setting up a new project called ‘Once’ where I am hoping to screen print different artists work onto shirts and tote bags to then be sold. The idea is to get lesser known t...
The first i saw of the devastation happening in Japan was this video- As you know I have an intense fear/fascination with naturally occurring spirals so watching this was very emotional. Watching fol...
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