Cabinet of curiosities aesthetic

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Ever since I can remember, I've been fascinated with curiosities like bugs and other things displayed behind glass. There's something eerily beautiful and mysterious about these oddities and seeing them displayed in a beautiful way is really enchanting to me. VIA ANNIC.COM On a recent trip to IKEA I noticed that they carried a variety of cloches (or glass domes) and at very affordable prices. I decided to pick up a few and create a fun project for Halloween. glass dome, about $12 at IKEA I…

some cabinet of curiosities to fill your monday.

Small Curio Cabinet....

If you can't have your own velvet-curtained library complete with dusty volumes, mysterious documents and antique treasures, how about a miniature one? On my internet travels today, I stumbled upon the Etsy boutique of L. Delaney, artist and maker of tiny things. The pièce de résistance is this i

Artist Steffan Dam produces fantastical and intricately-crafted specimens that look as though they exist in the real world. Suspended in glass jars and on

This from a nineteenth century undertaker’s advertisement recalling ‘wunderkammer’ or cabinets of curiosities. These were collections of bizarre objects meant to instil wonder ab…

The artist Viktor Wynd is a collector with no apparent filter – taxidermy, human remains, giant beans and McDonald’s Happy Meal toys all form part of his collection

Taxidermy art movement cofounder and no-kill taxidermy pioneer Sarina Brewer. See the work that was the catalyst for the art movement.