And one of my favourite places to visit in Dublin is the Natural History Museum, or the Dead Zoo as we used call it. And it's definitely macabre... you can tell the Victorians were really quite nuts. But there's something compelling about those places. I never quite got it.
And then last week when my peonies were wilting and fading, I found myself thinking about beauty and decay. And I suddenly saw all those curiosities with a wonder that had always escaped me. And, no, I don't think I'll be filling my apartment with taxidermy and skulls. But there's something nice when you find yourself drawn to something you thought you'd surely never fully get.
Products / artwork credits:
1. Vanitas 002 (2005) by Crystal Dent
2. Peonies | Thistle fabric | Nail polish | French Sea Fans | Cache pot | Mirror | Graphite Quill
3. Photography by Erwin Olaf for client: BS, via
4. Leggings | Sofa | French Sea Fans | Lover's Eye | Candle | Peonies
One of my absolute loves is creating and photographing modern-day vanitas. Been doing it for years. I'm so glad others are recognising them now.I love how you've created some with your bits and pieces of style.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It would definitely be fun to style and shoot some of these assemblies of objets!
DeleteI love vanitas still lifes and the aesthetic of dying flowers. I wouldn't surround myself with skull imagery, though - as much as I am -unhealthily- obsessed with death, it doesn't extend to the objects around me (apart from flowers and some paintings). This is a beautiful subtle selection.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marina!
DeleteThis post is sheer beauty <3
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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