That Art Is So Artsy: Artist Decapitates Recycled Stuffed Toys to Make Psychedelic Rugs.
Agustina Woodgate is an artist that uses recycled stuffed animals to make her skin rugs. I don’t know why, but I want one.
The inspiration for the project came from her own precious teddy bear, Pepe. She was looking at it one day, without eyes and worn to bits (sound familiar?) and decided that, as told to Sight Unseen, “the teddy bear wasn’t real. It was simply an object. But I also didn’t want to throw it away. That’s when I decided wanted to do something with the bear.”
The way that she makes the rugs is by cutting off the animal’s head first, taking out the eyes and the stuffing. She does say that pulling out the stuffing is “like looking into the soul of the animal.” Then she throws it away!
Good thing Agustina turned out to be an artist, not a sociopath.
