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Angela Singer

Beads, flowers, rhinestones, and recycled taxidermy animals. Angela Singer has combined these ingredients to create bizarrely beautiful sculptures using carcasses of animals long forgotten. 

Bio from her website:

For the past 20 years, Angela Singer’s art has explored the human-animal relationship. Her art invites a new way of seeing and thinking about the animal. She is concerned with the ethical and epistemological consequences of humans using nonhuman life and the role that humans play in the exploitation and destruction of animals and our environment. She sees the boundaries separating other species from humans as permeable. Combining mixed-media with “recycled” vintage discarded taxidermy she aims to turn taxidermic meaning. She incorporates into the look of her work some of the history of the death of the animal.

#Angela #Singer #angela singer #taxidermy #art #anthropomorphic #furendly #penelopeowl #penelope #furry

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Nikki Nye and Amy Flury: Papper-Cut-Project

Using paper as a medium can either be rewarding or a complete mess. Nikki Nye and Amy Flury have made papper not only useful in their creative process but into a career. From twisting papper into ellaborate wigs, to cutting bits and pieces into masks of animals; these two are extremly talented.

The bio from their website:

Nikki Nye and Amy Flurry co-founded Paper-Cut-Project in 2009 a collaboration based on the transformation of simple sheets of paper into dramatic silhouettes. The Atlanta-based duo forged a unique linkage of fine art and fashion that has garnered commissions by several of the world’s top fashion houses and galleries including, Hermès, Cartier, Kate Spade and Valentino. At home on the theatre of runway, in site-specific installations and editorial, the paper sculptures work across many disciplines, including their recent collaboration with the Victoria & Albert museum, a 16-piece collection of paper wigs for their “Hollywood Costume” exhibit. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Selvedge, Numero, and Italian Vogue.

#Nikki Nye and Amy Flurr #Nikki nye #amy flurr #anthropomorphic #penelopeowl #furendly #penelope #owl #papper #masks #wigs

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Stacey Rozich

Folklore, pop culture, and stunning use of watercolor, Stacey Rozich brings creatures to life in her own way. With imagery of Native American folklore and other beliefs, her surreal paintings are both disturbing and beautiful.

Her bio on her website:

Stacey Rozich paints a folkloric narrative that draws inspiration from many cultural references, building scenarios pulled from a realm of familiar fictional archetypes and traditions. Influence is taken from travel, world textiles, childhood memories and the many many hours spent watching television. All works are created in watercolor and gouache. Her commercial client list includes: Starbucks, Refinery29, Lucky Peach Magazine, Red Bull Music Academy, The Experience Music Project, The Stranger, Sub Pop Records, and many more.Stacey was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and now resides in Los Angeles, California.

#Stacey Rozich #penelope #owl #penelopeowl #furendly #furry #watercolor #art #anthropomorphic #folklore

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don’t punch your baby in the face. it’s weird.

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“almost like a normal couple?” this guy is not a nice guy.

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I ❤️ THIS

ew ew ew no. also babies are shit at football.

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Karen Watkins: Beautiful Art from Salida, CO

I first came across Karen’s artwork on etsy years back, but was more than happy to come across her and her husband’s (Carl Bork) art shop and gallery in the little town of Salida, Colorado. Salida is one the top 100 best art towns, rightfully so. With an art gallery on every corner, there is lots to see in the quaint town. But Karen and her husband’s galley caught my eye.

 In the window were these gorgeous oil canvases of aspen trees and giant clouds, capturing the full essence of Colorado. These were Carl’s paintings. But right next to these fine art pieces was something a little bit more abstract and poppy. An old window frame with glass used as the canvas. The painting had these adorable bears. 

Simple but so cute! I was happy to see that she also sold these adorable and affordable art pieces with different creatures in her style. 

She also has Tshirts! When I had to chance to compliment on her artwork in person, I recommended to her to create an FA (furaffinity account) because I believe the furry community would love her stuff. In fact, I get compliments all the time from her fox tee when I go to cons! So Karen, if you are reading this, please sell your art to furries, they will buy. 

Website: http://www.kmwatkins.com/

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/kmwatkins?ref=l2-shop-header-avatar

#Karen #Watkins #furry #animal #art #furendly #fur-endly #penelope #owl #penelopeowl #etsy #cute #tshirts #salida #colorado #artgalley

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CON*TACT SOAPS: Caffeinated Soaps With Some Furry

The first time I laid eyes on this wonderful company was back in 2015 at Further Confusion (Furcon) in San Jose. It was my first large furry convention away from home, but the dealers den (marketplace) had an array of stuff to buy, from artists making badges to etched shot glasses, there's something for everyone in a furry dealers den, furry or not. This company is no exception to that rule. Con*tact is a soap company from Lynnwood, Washington. They mostly make soaps but also make caffeinated solid perfumes and candles! They have a large assortment of smells, with a title fit for a furry: Lavandeer, Sakura Shishi, Lucky Fox(oak moss, violet), Painted Dog Pumpkin, Saturday Morning Cartoons (fruit-loops!!), Chai Spice, Absinthe, Hot Chocolate, Werewolf (wood, leather,musk) Wild Coyote (tumbleweed, Basil, Leather)...and much more!! 

 They always have great deals at cons and online! These are a great gift for anyone! Just sud up a foofa, wash your whole body in it, DON'T RINSE for at least 2 MINUTES! Why? The caffeine will sink into your skin allowing it to have a better affect. Then rinse! So awesome. 

http://www.contactcaffeine.com/

#contact #caffeine #soap #contactcaffeine #penelope #owl #penelopeowl #fur-endly #furendly #furry #smell good

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AJ Fosik: Crazy Beautiful

While scrolling thru a Juxtapoz a few years back, a magazine dedicated to modern artwork, I came across something I could not simply forget.  A large, firce, psycedlic like creature was starring back at me thru the pages. I had found the artists AJ Fosik. Though I could not dig up much about the artists, I must share with both my furry and fur-endly friends. Here is a short synopsis from an art critic I found:

“Fosik’s feral creations take the shape of fantastic beings that communicate a subversive, ​anti-religious commentary through the depiction of hyperbolized fictional gods. Nameless, ​assigned no specific meanings or powers, beholden to no formal faith—real or contrived—Fosik’s idols are not meant to contribute to some grand theological narrative of the artist’s design. They are masterfully made beautiful objects that examine the nature of spiritual iconography through an absence of religious discourse. In this way, Fosik points to the power and scope of man’s innate creativity devoid of divine inspiration.”

– Lainya Magana, ​​Hi-Fructose Magazine, 2010​​​​​​

Everything from 6-mouthed wolfs, bears with human hands, 8 eyed bulls, and everything in between. I would die for an Aj Fosik Piece. 

#wood #3dart #art #Aj fosik #furry #fur-endly #furendly #colorful #popart #abstract #penelope #penelopeowl

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Ji Yong Ho: Tires Come to Life

The first thing you will notice from the work of Ji Yong-Ho are the ‘tires’. The tires surrounding the three dimensional pieces are relatively strange and rare in art. He accordingly combines various types of tires to create accurate forms of animals. In other words, he used tires to create sculptures. Of course, such creations require a perfect understanding of the medium and must also have the certain techniques required to handle the medium. But, that does not mean that his objective lies in tires. Tires are a medium that will translate what he means to express most sufficiently. 

There is verry little I know about Yong Ho Ji, or Ji Yong Ho. Other than his used-tire sculptures are beyond captivating. Here is a bio I found from his website:

The first thing you will notice from the work of Ji Yong-Ho are the ‘tires’. The tires surrounding the three dimensional pieces are relatively strange and rare in art. He accordingly combines various types of tires to create accurate forms of animals. In other words, he used tires to create sculptures. Of course, such creations require a perfect understanding of the medium and must also have the certain techniques required to handle the medium. But, that does not mean that his objective lies in tires. Tires are a medium that will translate what he means to express most sufficiently.

This Korean artists has been knwon to use tires because “it represents things like flesh and muscles”. Either way, I would love to see this upfront.

#yonghoji #jiyongho #used #usedtires #tire #3d #scullpture #animal #penelope #owl #furry #furendly #fur-endly

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Black Sad

Juan Díaz Canales, a Spanish comic book writer, and Juanjo Guarnido, a Spanish artists, created one of the most beautifully detailed graphic novels I have ever seen.  Black Sad is a story about a anthropomorphic black cat who is a detective set back in the late 1950′s USA. 

All characters are anthropomorphic, in which their species represents their personality. There are countless stereotypes as well, such as most police men being dogs. Each chapter in the novels have a differetn story revolving around the darker and dirtier part of America’s history. One example is a story of John Blacksad who is on a mission to find a missing girl located in the south, in which racial issues are still highly relevant, such as a group of white fured/feathered/skined characters proclaiming the “white” was the surperior color. I highly recomened this series to those studying a bit of civil rights history in the U.S.

 Although both creaters are the book are Spanish, it was first published in French, then published in many other languages. Both have been awarded countless of awards, rightfully so. These stories are fillled with beautiful watercolor and ink illustrations that capture your eye. Wether you’re a furry or somone who is a comicbook lover, please read these wondeful film noir style stories. 

#comic #comicbook #graphicnovel #novel #anthropomorphic #animal #animals #penelope #penelopeowl #owl #fur-endly #furendly #furry #blacksad

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Ellen Jewett: Sculpture 

Unique, beautiful, memorizing; just a few words to describe her imagination. Captured in the winding and twisting sculptures made from the tips of her fingers, Ellen Jewett has a fascinating and whimsical take on the anatomyof animals with a splash of fantasy. I would do alomst anything to see her work upfront. Here is her bio from her website:

Plants and animals have always been the surface on which humans have etched the foundations of culture, sustenance, and identity. For myself, natural forms are a continual source of fascination and deep aesthetic pleasure. At first glance my work explores the more modern prosaic concept of nature: a source of serene nostalgia balanced with the more visceral experience of 'wildness' as remarkably alien and indifferent.  Upon closer inspection of each 'creature' the viewer may discover a frieze on which themes as familiar as domestication and as abrasive as domination fall into sharp relief.   These qualities are not only present in the final work but are fleshed out in the process of building. Each sculpture is constructed using an additive technique, layered from inside to out by an accumulation of innumerable tiny components.  Many of these components are microcosmic representations of plants, animals and objects.  Some are beautiful, some are grotesque and, some are fantastical.  The singularity of each sculpture is the sum total of its small narrative structures.

 Over time I find my sculptures are evolving to be of greater emotional presence by using less physical substance: I subtract more and more to increase the negative space.  The element of weight, which has always seemed so fundamentally tied to the medium of sculpture, is stripped away and the laws of gravity are no longer in full effect.  In reading the stories contained in each piece we are forced to acknowledge their emotional gravity cloaked as it is in the light, the feminine, the fragile, and the unknowable.  

 Counter intuitively, while there is an appearance of complexity in design, there is a simplicity in execution. Each detail, down to the finest filigree, is free-modeled by hand.  Within each piece precision is balanced by chaos. The overarching aesthetic knocks on the door of realism, yet the hand of the artist is never intentionally erased; brush strokes and fingerprints abound.  Even the narratives themselves harbor a degree of anarchy as they are rarely formally structured.  Rather, I seek to achieve flow states while working to create a fluid progression of unconscious imagery.  That imagery, as manifest in tiny ephemeral shapes and beings, forms relationships and dialogues organically.  In the spirit of surrealism, this psychological approach to artistic expression creates a rich network of personal archetypes and motifs that appear to occupy their own otherworldly space. Within this ethereal menagerie, anthrozoology meets psychoanalysis as themes of natural beauty, curiosity, colonialism, domestication, death, growth, visibility and wildness are explored.

#scuplture #ellen #ellenjewett #jewett #animal #furry #fur-endly #furendly #penelope #penelopeowl

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FESTO: German Engineering Inspired by Animal Anatomy 

Another company I found long ago, FESTO is a German company creating robots and other animatronic designs which are highly bassed on animal anatomy. This video of the flying mantaray I found way back in 2008. But no matter how much time has passed, their videos and designs will always capture my imagination. Here is their bio from Wikipedia:

Festo is a German industrial control and automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar Germany.[1]Festo is an engineering-driven company, producing and selling pneumatic and electrical control and drive technology for factory or process automation. Festo Didactic is a world market leader in industrial education and consultancy. Sales subsidiaries, distribution centers and factories are located in 61 countries worldwide.

They have created an array of robots and designs, many based on animals such as mantarays, jellyfish, kangaroos, swimming penguins, butterflies, birds, and more. From flying to diving, FESTO has shown the world how limitless animatronics can become from simple observation of the natural world. 

#FESTO #german #engenieer #robots #flying #diving #penlopeowl #penelope #fur-endly #furry #furendly

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http://www.juliapott.com/

Julia Pott: Artist, Animator 

Found out about Julia years ago but now it’t time for me to share her beautiful simplicity in anthro art and animation! I found out about her around the same time I herd of Etsy, a website dedicated to sharing and buying art and crafts from around the world. She also made a video for Etsy thats just too precious. I absolutely love her work! I have allot of respect and inspiration from her since I was a young teen. Here is her bio from her website:

JULIA IS A BRITISH ANIMATOR AND ILLUSTRATOR LIVING IN LA & NY. SHE GRADUATED FROM KINGSTON UNIVERSITY WITH FIRST CLASS HONOURS IN 2007

SHE GRADUATED FROM AN MA IN ANIMATION FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART IN 2011

HER FILMS HAVE PLAYED AT FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING SUNDANCE, SXSW AND ANNECY WITH AWARDS FROM FESTIVALS INCLUDING AFI, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO AND HOLLAND.

SHE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE 25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM BYFILMMAKER MAGAZINE, 2012

SHE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE 37 INDIE FILM BREAKOUTS OF 2012 BYINDIEWIRE

SHE IS AN ADC YOUNG GUN X, 2012 SHE WAS NAMED ONE OF THREE 'ANIMATORS TO WATCH' BY CREATIVE REVIEW, 2013 SHE IS A 2013 YCN PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNER

SHE IS A BLOGGER FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST

http://www.juliapott.com/

#juliapott #julia #pott #art #animation #animals #anthropomorphic #fur-endly #furry #penelope #penlopeowl #owl

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Tail Butt Plugs for Everyone!!

Want to spice up your sex/love life while getting into your inner animal? Then yuo guys should invest in a tail butt plug. Everything from real foxtails connected to stainless steal plugs to faux tails for those kinky vegans. Here are a few examples from a couple different Etsy shops.

Fawx Tails

.Tails: real

.Plug materials:  Silicone

SpankUToys

.Tails: Real

.Plug: Stainless Steal

SPORKWood

.Tails: Real and fake

.Plug Material: Metal and silicone 

#buttplug #butt #plug #sextoy #sex #toy #tail #tailbuttplug #etsy #fur-eindly #furiendly #penelope #owl

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Goat Shrine/ Alice May

From Her Tumblr: Alice May. B | 21| Illustrator and Graphic DesignerInfluences - Hermeticism, mythology, medieval magick, Pop Surrealism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mark Ryden, classical paintings, Victorian and Edwardian photographs, Alphonse Mucha, late 1960’s music posters, Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, Alex Gross

Alice May, aka Goat Shrine, creates art for both Furries and non-furs. I first herd of her from a another furry. I fell in love with her art on her Furrafinity page, but soon found out she has a tumblr and instagram as well. She commisions badges for furries but also recently made art for Urban Outfitters. This chick has some of the most breath tacking illustrations with both sweet and dark elemts represented in her pencil, ink, and watercolor drawings. Much love to her work. My badge is the owl titled Penelope.

tumblr | deviantart | instagram ✸ Commissions are open! ✸ [email protected] Commission accounts tumblr | instagram @G0ATSHRINE on twitter commissions info check my scraps!

#goatshrine #alicemayb #fineart #art #badges #furry #furiendly #fur-eindly #penelope #owl #goat #satan

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Mareshop Fingerless Gloves

Wether your a scalie, feathery, or non-furry, these gloves are lovely handmade beatuies that will remind you of soft, warmth-giving feathers, scales, or petals.

Here is their summary:

Mareshop is a Etsy shop run by a mum, Marite and a daughter Kristine. Marite have been knitting for a long time, her aunt showed her how to knit, when she was a little girl. Later in school she made her own designs. She has always knit for her family and friends, and everyone always loved her designs. Her head is always full with new ideas. She still loves making her own patterns and designs, and being able to share them with our customers. Kristine just graduated Art Academy of Latvia, MA in textile department. She loves weaving, crochet, embroidery, wet felting, screen printing and all the creative processes associated with the fabric and yarn, creation and transformation. This shop is a collaboration where mum does the knitting part and daughter does…

https://www.etsy.com/shop/mareshop?ref=l2-shop-header-avatar

#fur-eindly #furry #mareshop #fingerless gloves #etsy #penlopeowl #penelope #fashion #fureindly