Lisa Black

Lisa Black
Born 1982
Australia
Known for Sculptor, Jeweler
Notable work Fixed Animals, Departed Skulls
Movement Mixed metal media

Lisa Black is a sculpture artist and jeweler based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her work often combines taxidermied animals and preserved insects with found metal and sometimes working mechanical parts,[1] and has been described as "Steampunk" art, although she does not use the term herself.[2] She self categorizes her work by adding "Fixed" to the titles of her pieces made to look living, and "Departed" to the pieces made to look deceased.[3][4] The first work in the Fixed series was Fixed Fawn. Her work has been featured in Marie Claire[5] Magazine, The New Zealand Herald,[1] and the television show New Zealand's Next Top Model.

Taxidermy Works

Fixed Series

A series of sculptures using Taxidermied animals and metal parts from different eras.

  • Fixed Mammals, including Fixed Fawn, Fixed Golden Fawn, Fixed Ferret and Fixed Rat.[6]
  • Fixed Reptiles, including Fixed Crocodile and Fixed Turtle.[7]
  • Fixed Birds, including Fixed Duckling Head and Fixed Black Bird.[8]
  • Fixed Pheasant Wings, a taxidermy work not part of the other series.[9]

Departed Series

A series of sculptures using the taxidermied skulls of animals and metal parts.[10]

  • Departed Vervet, Departed Vervet II, Departed Vervet III, Departed Vervet IV, Departed Vervet V
  • Departed Caracal
  • Departed Baboon
  • Departed Wildcat
  • Departed Ram

Jewelry

  • Gilded Butterflies necklaces[11]

Selected exhibitions

References

  1. 1 2 Walker, Zoe (19 January 2011). "Lisa Black's favourite things". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Ship, Jesse (2008-06-29). "Format Magazine Interview". Formatmag.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  3. ↑ Graham, Michael (2010-04-04). "Treehugger.com article". Treehugger.com article. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  4. ↑ "Official Website". Lisablackcreations.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  5. ↑ "Official website". Lisablackcreations.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  6. ↑ Fixed Mammals by Lisa Black Archived 2012-09-06 at Archive.is
  7. ↑ Fixed Reptiles by Lisa Black Archived 2012-09-06 at Archive.is
  8. ↑ Fixed Birds by Lisa Black Archived 2013-01-28 at Archive.is
  9. ↑ Fixed Pheasant Wings by Lisa Black Archived 2013-01-27 at Archive.is
  10. ↑ Departed Skulls by Lisa Black Archived 2013-01-28 at Archive.is
  11. ↑ Gilded Butterfly Necklaces by Lisa Black Archived 2014-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
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