I swung by this exhibition the other week – it’s  a huge, diverse and interesting show, which I heartily recommend. It’s only on until the 25th of this month. There were a number of pieces relevant to this blog, including some excellent taxidermied pieces by Polly Morgan, my favourite being Carrion Call -  a coffin embellished with quail chicks peeping from holes in the wood, it’s funny, cute and disturbing. I know taxidermied birds aren’t to everyone’s taste, but I rather like them (I would have included a photo here but annoying Flash websites have prevented me from doing so).

I like wine. Sometimes this is a problem, but never for very long. I wonder whether these wines might make hangovers more palatable?

I went to Copenhagen in February and whilst there visited the Zoologisk Museum, which is part of the University. This is generally a really awesome place – chock full of taxidermied beasties, and good old fashioned displays, which for a museum typography and design fiend like myself was lovely. My timing was good, as they had an exhibition about feathers on when I visited, which was basically a large hall full of stuffed birds, including a very impressive piece where 7 or so stuffed swans were arranged to look like they were swooping down the hall to land. It’s tricky to explain this one well! Here’s some photos:

See all my Copenhagen birdy photos here.

..because I have had no internet access at home. Apologies for the disruption in the irregular service, and apologies to anyone who I’ve ignored in the comments or similar. I will try and catch up with things, but I kind of know that some things will get lost along the way.

Now, a very snappy round-up of things that happened in my absence:

A cushion, a flock, and below a new piece by Amy Ross, who just keeps on getting awesomer, called Gullshrooms:

Irish company Odlums manufacture a range of baking/ oats/ other products. I’ve only ever seen their flour in Morrison’s stores in England – their logo is a lovely owl face type thing: