As the days close in and All Souls Day/Halloween draws near, October will be dedicated to the odd. First up is the wonky Victorian world of taxidermist and diorama maker Walter Potter. When the Walter Potter Museum based at Jamaica Inn, Cornwall closed a few years back, Damien Hirst made a bid to buy the whole collection of stuffed animals, however the collection was split into lots and sold world-wide. Walter's favourite animal of choice was the kitten; the poor fated things were taken from this mortal coil and ended their days encapsulated in strange tea party scenarios or as pictured here preparing to getting married complete with button hole and hymn book. Polly Morgan is another artist dealing with taxidermy as art and makes beautifully strange 'mini world' dioramas.
Photo Credit: Stefan Richter
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