The best part of waking up is Cthulhu in your cup! Reclaimed vintage teacup and ceramic blood-red Cthulhu by Anthony Hicks.
Tacoma, Washington-based artist Anthony Hicks has been selling his cosmic oddities for nearly a decade in his Etsy shop, Tin Plate Studios. There you will find reclaimed vintage teacups which Hicks transforms into habitats for fictional monsters such as Cthulhu, and other tangible, tentacled monstrosities encased inside glass or other materials. According to Hicks, after watching the cinematic classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, he became somewhat obsessed with steampunk—an enduring genre that sprang from the realm of sci-fi and fantasy.
As you might imagine, Hicks lists H.P. Lovecraft as one of his primary influences as well as French inventor and aviation pioneer Clément Ader, and Charles Darwin. Hicks’ series “Travesties in Teacups” are quite literally to die for as are his many other imaginative creations that often appear to be all-too-realistic. In some cases, Hicks has incorporated salvaged taxidermy eyes from reptiles to help boost his creations creep-factor—and guess what? It works. I’ve posted a number of Hicks’ teacups as well as a few other items that can’t be unseen below. The talented artist also entertains custom orders and requests. The images that follow are slightly NSFW.
“Twin Homunculi” teacup.
“Millicent Teagazer” teacup.
“Pescasapien innsmouthii” teacup.
“Jeremy Teahog” teacup with reclaimed taxidermy reptile eye.
“Teatime for Cthulhu” teacup.
“Bloatworm” teacup.
“Homo cephalos” teacup.
“Two-Headed Homunculus” teacup.
“Robust Potted Anomaly (Homo cephalos).”
“Chattergrub.”
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
The spectacular steampunk aircrafts of Charles A. A. Dellschau
Feed your fictional cosmic entity fetish with these leather ‘Cthulhu’ masks
I squid you not: H.P. Lovecraft inspired tentacle dildos are a thing
The dark art of H.P. Lovecraft illustrator Lee Brown Coye
The erotic, macabre art of Virgil Finlay, favorite illustrator of H.P. Lovecraft