First up Polly Morgan
Bad Breath 2011
Polly was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire 1980. In 1998 she moved to East London to read English literature at The London University. Inspired by the prominent artists around her she decided to take up her true passion taxidermy and began making her first sculptural work in 2004.
There is something wonderfully strange about Morgan's work. The bell jars create a feeling of entrapment. They create such an atmosphere that you get lost within the piece, like you are apart of that animals life and you almost feel sorry for its loss of life. Morgans work portrays a mysterious and almost Gothic feeling and lets you connect to each animal in a different way.
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| One of my favourites... Love Bird 2005 |
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| Still Born Life 2010 |
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| Morning 2007 |
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| To every seed his own body 2006 |
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| Dead Ringer 2009 |
Morgan's first four pieces caught the attention of Banksy:
A lovebird looking in a mirror; a squirrel holding a bell jar with a
little fly perched inside on top of a sugar cube; a magpie with a jewel
in its beak; and a couple of chicks standing on a miniature coffin'.[2][3] In 2005, he commissioned her to produce work for Santa’s Ghetto.
Morgan is a member of the UK Guild of Taxidermists.[5]
The animals used in her taxidermy are contributed by vets or pet
owners; the animals have died naturally or accidentally, for example
they may have been roadkill.
Her most recent exhibition is now on:
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, 2013 at
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, 2013 at
You can also take a piece of Morgans work home with you at her wonderful shop:
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