TARRED & feathered

My interest in taxidermy began as a fascination with both the animal in its natural state and the science of recreating the animal, its aesthetics and delicate beauty. Themes such as life, death, beauty and escapism are explored, sometimes from moments or happenings I experience in my life. My use of taxidermy can evoke powerful emotions and inspire our morbid curiosity surrounding death. Representations of humans are introduced in the form of dolls and the choice of animal is deliberate and used as a symbolic reference to the themes I explore in my work.
Karley Feaver
13 Artworks curated by Karley Feaver
Dreaming, Dead or Remembering image

Dreaming, Dead or Remembering

Sculpture, 5.3 W x 4.7 H x 3.9 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Is it just my imagination running away with me? image

Is it just my imagination running away with me?

Sculpture, 3.9 W x 7.9 H x 3.9 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Is it just my imagination running away with me? image

Is it just my imagination running away with me?

Sculpture, 3.9 W x 7.9 H x 3.9 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

The Big Sleep image

The Big Sleep

Sculpture, 5.9 W x 8.3 H x 5.9 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

I don't know what's up there beyond the sky image

I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

Sculpture, 3.9 W x 6.3 H x 3.9 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Exempt of Life image

Exempt of Life

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

The Final Test (The Witness) image

The Final Test (The Witness)

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

You're my fantasy, You're my reality (Warren & Warren) image

You're my fantasy, You're my reality (Warren & Warren)

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Installation of doll heads image

Installation of doll heads

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Hana image

Hana

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Arwen image

Arwen

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Lark image

Lark

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand

Emerald image

Emerald

Paintings, 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

Karley Feaver

New Zealand


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