Bird in the Nest

Taxidermy provides visual, social and moral analogies to enable artistic expression through the culture of ornamentation and curiosity. ‘Bird in the Nest’ builds upon personal mythology, cultivating a thread of commonalities that stem from my sculptural practice. Disordered yet seamlessly interwoven, nests and murmurations are marvels of nature. 

Life-casting from (natural) death is a constant within my practice and the first cast of this immortalised Starling bird, molded at the point of death, produces the lifelike effect of a taxidermic animal with the transferral of feathers embedded in clear resin, an innovative technique from my own mould making processes. The gaping-mouthed expression is captured in 18Carat gold and is displayed within a real bird’s nest.