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Crochet Animal Skeletons by Caitlin T. McCormack

Philadelphia based artist Caitlin T. McCormack creates these eerie looking crochet animal skeletons using cotton string and glue.

"The act of stiffening intricately crocheted cotton string with glue produces material that is structurally similar to delicate bone tissue. The string implemented in this process can be viewed as the basic cellular unit of fabrication, and by utilizing media and practices inherited from my deceased relatives, I aim to generate emblems of my diminishing bloodline, embodied by each organism's skeletal remains."

"For a while the objects had sort of a totemic property and I wanted them to rematerialize my dead relatives."

"I’ve always been fascinated by entropy, and things disintegrating and then building back up into other forms. By using a material that wasn’t necessarily bio-matter inherited from a dead relative, I could reconstitute it in some other shape and, in some way, have them for a little bit longer."

McCormack work will be featured within Opus Hypnagogia: Sacred Spaces of the Visionary and Vernacular at The Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, New York which runs through October 15th.

Check her website: http://caitlintmccormack.com/

Tiny Embroidered Animals by Chloe Giordano

Oxford based illustrator and embroidery artist Chloe Giordano creates this stitched illustrations of tiny animals rendered with freehand embroidery, layering countless thread colors to make the detailed work.

"I’m just packing the stitches together and using sewing thread. I wanted to go into traditional illustration before I began sewing so I’ve spent a lot of time drawing and painting and still work from a detailed sketch, which I think probably helps."

"I approach needle painting a lot like how I paint, and I wouldn’t paint with one colour at a time, so I have several on the go so I can blend as I stitch. I guess I can see how one at a time would work with traditional needle painting, but since I tend to work with several tones at the same time and in a very small space I would be tying off and changing colour every couple of minutes."

Check her website: http://karenin.tumblr.com/

Needle Felted Animals by Cindy Thompson

Lincolnshire based self taught needle felt artist Cindy Thompson created these realistic animals made of felt.

"I am completely self taught and although I needle felt any animal, I specialise in very realistic dogs of all breeds. My parents bred/trained/boarded dogs and other animals and were one of the first kennels in the country to have the contract from surrounding police stations to keep/re-home and sadly destroy stray dogs."

"I discovered needle felting by accident on YouTube where I stumbled across a Japanese needle felted cat which captivated me."

"At that time I was unable to find any information on needle felting, and there wasn't even anything available on YouTube. I asked one artist a few questions to get me started, but they ignored me, so, I decided to work it all out myself."

"I started needle felting in September 2012 and have been addicted to it since."

"I am completely self taught, and will sculpt any animal but specialise in breeds of dog."

"Determined and not the type to be beaten, through trial and error, I have created my own techniques, from wire frame making, processing my own base wool, attaching longer coats, blending and clipping and doing finishing touches to the final creature. Each felt teaches me something different and new and pushes my knowledge of working with this wonderful fibre. I have also felted with dog fur for some commissions, which has been surprisingly successful."

Each of the dogs takes a minimum of six hours to felt, and long-coated breeds even longer.

Check her Etsy store and Flickr

Source: worldofwool

Crochetdermy by Shauna Richardson

UK-based artist Shauna Richardson uses crochet to sculpt realistic life-size animals she called ‘Crochetdermy’.

"My work is entirely hands-on. I use the traditional craft of crochet in a not so traditional way and have developed my own freestyle technique which I use to respond to, and highlight, the anatomy of each piece as I go along. No two pieces are ever the same. It is meticulous work, typically using mohair yarn and a 3mm hook."

Check her website: http://www.shaunarichardson.com/

Nunu's House Miniatures by Tomo Tanaka

Japanese artist Tomo Tanaka created these highly detailed miniature creations made out of clay and epoxy. Every item is made in 1:12 scale of the original size.