Taxidermy Art by Annie McKnight

Annie McKnight, "Untitled", Silver + Taxidermied Mice

I’m a huge proponent of animal rights and for humans to exhibit humane treatment and respect for all living creatures. That being said, I’m loving what artists, in adherence with taxidermy laws, are doing with dead things lately.

At this summer’s MFA show at CCA, I bumped into the work of graduate, Annie McKnight and found her set of taxidermied mice “necklaces”, among other pieces of extraordinary art by the artist. I love the use of mice as such an unexpected natural material, combined with silver – a material that’s very much expected when one thinks of jewelry.