Here’s a detailed bio about the fish.

And a freaky video of the slippery oddity in action here.

Understanding now what we are dealing with here. . Behold. . . My version of it! ( in it’s final stages of production) I built her in two parts that will be super bonded at the center, just worked out well for me that way. She also has a glowing red light organ in her tail, is constructed of both heavy duty polymer and epoxy clay, and believe it or not she weighs in at a meaty 6lbs! Most definitely a keeper.

Here’s a few pics from the ships top deck, a few of Grand Turk before we hit the reefs, and some of Puerto Rico. . I think. Still have the bitching tan and unbreakable smile!

Bring on the island inspiration!

Some various sculpts of all shape and medium are popping up all over the studio (it IS spring!) and things look really packed in here. There are several taxidermy pieces growing and lots of psychedelic and sci-fi inspired squid monsters in progress too.

Here’s pics of some recent sculptures in the making-All sculptures ARE for sale. They are being completed in quick succession so any unsold work can be hauled to Kansas City in May for the magnificent “Spectrum Fantastic Arts Live” event!!! (I will cover more details  about this event in my upcoming post)   Below are progress pics of a living coral reef creature and a 3:1 scale deep sea Gulper/Pelican Eel fish sculpt (and yes, it glows!)

I’ve got a fun opening this Saturday in Ypsilanti Mi @Ugly Mug Cafe~a solo exhibition of bizarre-themed, fully framed, original “activity book” illustrations, cafe-inspired sculpture, and compiled coloring books for the guests young and old.
This cafe is very sentimental to me~as a young non-profit organizer (Atomic Art 2007) this progressive+ hip cafe hosted our first “Explosive” event & has supported our members’ craft ever since.

Come join us, our wonderful musical guests (, and the city at large as we share in our mutual love for the local arts & culture!!! ~ emi Xo

Please help the gallery, the contributing artists, and myself clear out this amazing work so we can make and exhibit more for the future!

Ps. These prices are crazy, you will NOT get them this low again, even directly from me. Please consider taking something home so I can continue to exhibit in this awesome art scene alongside my beloved peers. ~xo

“Flashback Friday Sale” Modern Eden is have a HUGE art sale!! Please contact info@moderneden.com to sign up and recieve the purchasing info/link. There are some incredible paintings and sculpture in the collection (including some of my sea creatures) and you’re supporting an AMAZING gallery and artists with your greenbacks. Yours truly, ~Emi

Now to get the website up…… *slaps self in face*

(So as to not waste your time-here’s a cute film still from an upcoming taxidermy project to be announced soon!!)

Whew!!!
It took 4 layers of careful trimming and textural blending to fade the fox, skunk, and bear furs together!
For the chin I added some curled black bear fur with individual skunk tail hairs blended in for the salt-n-pepper look. After the bondo sets I’ll be able to attach the ear fur (also blended fox/bear) and paint the lower lip. A few spot checks, some last minute mount adjustments, and probably a few deep sighs of relief and this amazing specimen will be complete!!!

~Sculpted textures and unusual methods.~

Using some of my black bear fur to recreate a fox chin. Included some detail shots of the tearing/stretchy flesh effect on the sides of the mouth (I’m spending a lot of time on these areas).

Blending fox pelt with scrap skunk hide

Next comes ears, lower jaw fur, and curling the whiskers!

Hard to believe this was just a lowly, tattered, discarded fox fur “scrap”; virtually EVERYTHING here has been sculpted to work around the damage and bring the face back-to-life. The nose, jaws, skull/head, eyes, tongue, and of course teeth were all sculpted with special polymer and epoxy clay then painted with acrylics …*whew*!

Here’s some humble beginning shots…