Artist Julia DeVille creates jewellery and wearable art using taxidermy and metalsmithing techniques, her pieces are inspired by Memento Mori and Victorian Mourning jewellery stating she 'finds the acceptance of death in these periods fascinating'. Some of the works include a dead bird shoulder piece, a mechanical winged brooch and a rabbit head /glass sculpture, her belief that taxidermy is a celebration of life rather than an attachment to death is interesting however I'm not keen on the use of dead animals as wearable pieces for me personally it's a bit immoral but the idea of representing death in such a unique way is quite fascinating and are inspirational references for my research file.
Photographs from juliadeville
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