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Tchotchke porcelain figurines altered with insect heads
11.23.2015
10:31 am
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Big Bee-autiful Bee Lady “Mìfēng”
 
I must be on a nana kick today. I just blogged about Golden Girls “granny panties” and now I’ve moved on to altered versions of your grandma’s favorite “valuable” porcelain figurines. I’m not a big fan of knick-knacks or trinkets in my home, but I really dig these alien-like insect figurines by Curious Cryptid Curios. These I would display proudly, with no fear that my future grandchildren would be embarrassed by them.

I’ve attached links under each image in case you are interested or want to see more images.


Fancy Dancing Mantis Madam
 

Careful Courting Mantis Couple
 
More after the jump…
 

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Posted by Tara McGinley
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11.23.2015
10:31 am
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Knick-knacks of the damned: Infernal ceramic children that will haunt your dreams
10.24.2014
03:13 pm
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Danish artist Maria Rubinke creates porcelain figurines of children. Terrifying children. Children of netherworldly terror. These hellish Hummels manage to contrast a traditionally refined medium against cutesy schlock and supernatural horror. Rubinke’s classical skills were honed at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, specifically the School of Glass and Ceramics on Bornholm—a Danish island popular among tourists for its scenic nature and tradition of craftsmanship. And don’t these pieces just scream “quaint, bucolic holiday?”

It’s the combination of her skilled hand the formality of porcelain that makes these surreal little cherubs so haunting. Behold, Beelzebub’s babies, for theses are surely Satan’s tchotchkes!
 

 

 

 

 
More of Maria Rubinke’s macabre porcelain figurines after the jump…

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Posted by Amber Frost
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10.24.2014
03:13 pm
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