http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345522 noah django Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345522 appreciate the disambiguation, mook, but everyone knows unicorns only have one horn :P appreciate the disambiguation, mook, but everyone knows unicorns only have one horn :P

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345498 mookontheboing Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345498 the sculpture is on the left the sculpture is on the left

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345497 mookontheboing Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345497 I have one on my wall. They're < 1 million in reprint mode. Here is "the mulberry street unicorn" I have one on my wall. They’re < 1 million in reprint mode. Here is "the mulberry street unicorn"

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345186 orwell Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345186 seems really creepy and kinda contradictory that seuss would "mount," the heads of his creatures on plaques, liked hunted animals...  where's the lorax head on a slice of endangered truffula wood?  however you can make a buck... seems really creepy and kinda contradictory that seuss would “mount,” the heads of his creatures on plaques, liked hunted animals…  where’s the lorax head on a slice of endangered truffula wood?  however you can make a buck…

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345167 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345167 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzmrEgz_GI#t=0m40s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzmrEgz_GI#t=0m40s

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345111 Dicrel Seijin Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345111 This is not just a "little" disturbing; this is a lot disturbing. I'd much rather have miniatures of the whole creature rather than just the heads. Of course, I understand the subsequent dioramas that could be created might be disturbing to others. This is not just a “little” disturbing; this is a lot disturbing. I’d much rather have miniatures of the whole creature rather than just the heads. Of course, I understand the subsequent dioramas that could be created might be disturbing to others.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1345035 wygit Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1345035 I saw these, or similar, at a Seuss gallery on Geary in San Francisco, along with a lot of prints and originals. I saw these, or similar, at a Seuss gallery on Geary in San Francisco, along with a lot of prints and originals.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1344889 hassenpfeffer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1344889 Several years ago I bought a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Art-Dr-Seuss/dp/0679434488/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329160335&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"><i>The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss</i></a>, and I think the sculptures were the most breathtaking things shown therein. If I had real money, I would gladly pay it for one of these objets d'art! Several years ago I bought a copy of The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, and I think the sculptures were the most breathtaking things shown therein. If I had real money, I would gladly pay it for one of these objets d’art!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1344875 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1344875 The disturbing factor is ratcheted up a notch with that lighting. The disturbing factor is ratcheted up a notch with that lighting.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1344873 noah django Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1344873  came here for that.  here's a link: http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2010/10/01/dr-seusss-unorthodox-taxidermy-sculptures/  came here for that.  here’s a link:
http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2010/10/01/dr-seusss-unorthodox-taxidermy-sculptures/

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/trophy-heads-of-fanciful-seuss.html#comment-1344865 ocschwar Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143586#comment-1344865 Dr. Seuss himself made trophy head sculptures of his whimsical creatures. I saw them on display in a gallery in Sausalito.  Dr. Seuss himself made trophy head sculptures of his whimsical creatures.
I saw them on display in a gallery in Sausalito. 

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