Antelope? More like antelnope.

July 27, 2015 7:20 AM

Kate Clark is an artist who uses clay to sculpt human faces for taxidermied animals. You can easily browse the gallery by starting here and using the arrow navigation in the top right.
posted by phunniemee (20 comments total)

I honestly can't tell if these are creepy or beautiful. I mean, obviously they can be both. They just seem a little too much on this side of realistic for my comfort level. My favorite.
posted by phunniemee at 7:23 AM on July 27, 2015

These are way cooler than what I was picturing!
posted by showbiz_liz at 7:24 AM on July 27, 2015

Kate Clark is an artist who uses clay to sculpt human faces for taxidermied animals a clever serial killer who has found a way to hide her trophies in plain sight.

They are pretty though.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 7:25 AM on July 27, 2015 [9 favorites]

Giving them human faces is easy. It's the getting them to play tiny instruments that's hard.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 7:26 AM on July 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is my design.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:32 AM on July 27, 2015 [7 favorites]

I am not comfortable with the concept of eating anything from the uncanny valley...
posted by Samizdata at 7:35 AM on July 27, 2015

Ooo. It's the eyes that make them beautiful and also so-real-they're-messing-with-my-mind creepy. I love these!
posted by billiebee at 7:45 AM on July 27, 2015

As an aspiring rogue taxidermist, I am curious as to whether she prepares her own mounts, or modifies existing pieces.
posted by k_nemesis at 7:50 AM on July 27, 2015

These are fantastic and yet I am disappointed because they aren't as creepy as I expected.
posted by dogwalker at 7:53 AM on July 27, 2015

These will haunted my dreams way less than I expected. Creepy, but also really cool looking!
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 7:56 AM on July 27, 2015

You had me up until the bedazzling.
posted by machaus at 7:57 AM on July 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

When did Jay Naylor take up taxidermy?
posted by Thorzdad at 8:32 AM on July 27, 2015

I find these oddly charming. Imagine finding Fortitude loping around your backyard.
posted by Aubergine at 9:07 AM on July 27, 2015

NO
posted by orme at 10:20 AM on July 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

What is the law?
NO SPILL BLOOD!
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 10:27 AM on July 27, 2015

This is so well executed! Also, is it just me or this one looks like Björk?
posted by erin trouble at 10:47 AM on July 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

It's total nightmare fuel, but fascinating!
posted by Atreides at 10:53 AM on July 27, 2015

I saw Licking the Plate at the Nevada Museum of Art earlier this year and will confirm it is just as beautiful and disconcerting in person.
posted by memento maury at 11:06 AM on July 27, 2015

Yeeaaaah... I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway.
posted by FunkyHelix at 12:03 PM on July 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

Yikes, this is such nightmare fuel for me. I'd be totally ok with them if not for the stitching on the faces. I had to nope right out and close the window.

I went back to peek because there is something serene about the faces that I like, but stitching nope nope nope.
posted by chatongriffes at 12:13 PM on July 27, 2015 [1 favorite]