These images were taken about a year ago in one of my favorite museums, which is in a village called Tring in Hertfordshire. Its an amazing natural history museum which my sisters and I were taken to many times when we were little, so as well as being inspirational for my work, its also a very nostalgic place for me to be.I went back early this year as well as last, but havn't managed to get the photos I took then off of my sister, as I used her camera.
I am becoming more and more fascinated with taxidermy. That these once living things are now objects, gathering dust and shelved with other collectable objects. They're often pretty sinister looking, and when stuffed badly and given dodgy squint eyes, they become ridiculous. Its this strange unsettling feeling these things evoke that interests me. 
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