Snake Anit-venom

So I was in America at the beginning of the summer and I came across these snake anti venom kits from the early 1900's for rattlesnake bites, I will admit I am a bit obsessed, I loved the layout and the sheer novelty of the fact I have never seen anything like it before. It included anti-venom and a detailed description of how to use it, including a needle to extract the venom.

I love old medicine and doctor kits, I have been looking into Plague masks because of my bird skull so this seems more than fitting. Sadly I could only take pictures as I'm fairly sure immigration wouldn't let me through with 3 viles of liquid and a needle.
I love old bottles and vile's, so seeing these was kind of amazing. I love fining old thing like this that are so elegant and re-making them in a new vibrant material , like wax or latex, there is something in the vulgarity of it all that really interests me.

I was trying to get my hands on own of ebay so maybe I could cast it and play around with it, making my own replica venom kits just not for snakes.It is proving difficult! I like the idea of having fun with the 'Anti-Venom' I will see where I can take it.

Context:

Found in an abandoned pharmacy in a Ghost town in the mountains in California

Summer Project!

So I haven't really blogged in a while, i've been finding it hard keeping up with the project all summer but I'm trying my best to get stuck into it.

Research and idea gathering

Consider the idea of an ‘analogue’ – what might this mean for art-making?

Some definitions:

‘to stand in for’ - ‘be parallel to’ - ‘relating to’ - ‘an echo’ - ‘bearing similarity’ - ‘something analogous to something else: a representation, picture, model, image, illustration, simulation, likeness, simulacrum…’

You are asked to generate a body of work which behaves as a set of analogues to your chosen subject. 

I found a bird skull during my holidays and I've been studying it and drawing it. I guess you could say its my subject, its more of a point if interest, Its very delicate and I'm not even sure what bird it comes from, its a bit of a mystery. I really love the delicacy of bone, it has and ivory/pear color but then is so course in texture it almost feels wrong.

 I usually enjoy color in my work but I think thats what interests me so much about skulls, the color is barely there. It makes finding the creams and greens and greys more complex. I like the change in texture and the way the earth has made parts of it smooth and worn down. I found mine by the sea so i guess the water has smoothed parts of it. 

I have also been collecting wasps, there are so many dying EVERYWHERE, so I thought, why not!