Dubious expedition show pieces

Last saturday  the Dubious expedition show at Leanna Lin´s wonderland gallery was opened. These are the pieces I did for the collective expo . Many other artists participate too with a wide variety of styles .

The plot for the show is more or less is as follows :

In 1876, led by Captain James Maury, the H.M.S Chimera set sail from the Port of London with a  charter to circumnavigate the globe for the purposes of collecting scientific and anthropological specimens for the collection of the British Empire.
Captain Maury was convinced of --nay, obsessed with--  the existence of the island kingdom of Jobogo: an archipelago in the Pacific that every other scientist, cartographer and naval officer of the time dismissed as mythical.  Maury claimed to have seen it at a distance in his early whaling days.

While other ships’ logs mention coming across the H.M.S Chimera during their own voyages, reporting the crew in good spirits and great health, the H.M.S Chimera disappears from records in 1877. In 1878, the ship and her crew are considered officially lost at sea.

In 1900, the H.M.S. Chimera returns home with a cargo hold full of dazzling and wonderful things, but only two crew members - the ship’s navigator, and the cook. Neither navigator nor cook were able to explain the contents of their cargo hold, or in fact - any aspect of their voyage at all. The ship’s cook was institutionalized shortly thereafter, and the navigator spoke of little else but the “glorious horrors” until he disappeared on a Scottish moor three months later.

The findings of the Chimera were quickly sequestered into the collection of the British Museum, and hidden away for over a century.

I used real vintage boxes for the dinosaur and fairy pieces , casted polyurethane resin for fossils and modern but aged bottles for the fetuses. Museum tags are as the ones used in the british museum as well as the red stamp that appears in the big labels for the boxes and fossils.

Mummified feejee mermaid / Sirena de Feejee momificada

The  ​​cryptozoologist Octavius Zedock, obtained this specimen of  feejee mermaid during a Theosophical Society expedition to Fiji islands.
He was investigating the myth of mermaids that were shown in several traveling shows in the U.S.. realizing that they were all a fraud.
Through contacts of P.T. Barnum, (a famous showman in these years ), he discovered the real origin of these mermaids and decided to travel in order to discover if there was something real behind the myth.
This box contains the mummified corpse of a young specimen of feejee mermaid , egg remains , an adult tooth , photographs , newspaper clippings and a travel journal.

El criptozoólogo Octavius Zedock , obtuvo este especimen de sirena de feejee durante una expedición de la Sociedad Teosófica a las islas Fiji.
Estaba investigando el mito de las sirenas que se mostraban en shows itinerantes a través de los EEUU y se dió cuenta que todos eran un fraude.
A través de contactos de P.T. Barnum ( un famoso showman durante esos años ) , descubrió el origen real de estas sirenas y decidió viajar a Fiji para descubrir si había algo de real detrás del mito.
La caja contiene el cuerpo momificado de un ejemplar joven de sirena feejee , restos del huevo , un diente de adulto , fotos , recortes de periódico y un diario de viaje.

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The Roswell incident. Alien embryo prop set.

In July 1947 in the town of Roswell, New Mexico, a flying saucer crashed with its crew.
The U.S. Army quickly closed the area and began a series of strategies of disinformation to hide this fact.
It is known that the remains of the aircraft and its crew were taken to a military base known as Area 51. Those remains are still there except this stolen specimen: the specimen R/01/RAAF , an embryo , probably a clon of this specie.
The prop set includes everything you see in the pictures:
A specimen of alien clone embryo , a sample of unknown alloy ,two reproductions of the first pages of the newspaper from Roswell (great for framing!!! and HUGE !!!) , various photographies , Fbi documents ...
The alien is a sculpture made ​​with polymer clay OOAK textured and painted. No mold has been used in their realization nor molds has been taken from it. This is a unique piece that will never be replicated.
The box is a real metal vintage one with aerographed letters of the USA airforces ( USAAF called in this years)


En Julio de 1947 en el pueblo de roswell , Nuevo México , un platillo volante se estrelló con sus tripulantes a bordo.
El ejercito americano rápidamente cerró la zona e inició una serie de estrategias de desinformación para ocultar este hecho.
Se sabe que los restos de la aeronave , así como sus tripulantes se llevaron a una base militar conocida como Area 51 . Allí continúan esos restos salvo este especimen robado . El ejemplar R/01/RAAF , un embrión , probablemente un clon de esta especie.
El set incluye todo lo que se ve en las fotos : Un ejemplar de embrión clon alienígena , una muestra de aleación desconocida dos reproducciones de las primeras hojas del periódico de Roswell a tamaño real ( muy buenas para enmarcar!!! y enormes!) , set de fotos , documentos del fbi...
El alien es una escultura OOAK realizada con arcilla polimérica texturada y pintada . Ningún molde se ha empleado en su realización ni se han hecho moldes de ella. Se trata de una pieza única que nunca será replicada.
La caja es de metal y antigua , con las letras aerografiadas de el ejército del aire americano ( USAAF en esos años )

Octavius Zedock specimen box.Abyssal merrow.

Caja perteneciente a la Sociedad Teosófica de NY conteniendo los restos momificados de un especimen de Ichtyo sapiens abyssalis recién nacido.Octavius Zedock , criptozoólogo perteneciente a la Sociedad Teosófica neoyorquina obtuvo este ejemplar a través de contactos en la isla de Man.

Al parecer unos pescadores que trabajaban en el puerto de Peel capturaron en sus redes un huevo de aspecto extraño. Lo conservaron en agua marina hasta su eclosión y trataron de mantener vivo al ser que salió de él. No sobrevivió más que unas semanas , según los relatos de los pescadores que lo custodiaban.

Tan extraño era el ser , mitad humano mitad pez , que pronto los rumores llegaron a la sociedad Teosófica , siempre ávida de nuevos ejemplares de críptidos para estudio.

Los críptidos de la Sociedad Teosófica han estado guardados en secreto durante años , pero algunos ejemplares seguramente robados , están apareciendo al público.

La caja contiene el cuerpo momificado del especimen , una botella conteniendo restos del huevo , un mapa del mar de irlanda, fotografías de posteriores inmersiones en la zona y un documento de la Sociedad con un dibujo del especimen .

Tanto la antena como los restos del huevo todavía conservan bioluminiscencia .La tapa de la caja está adornada en su interior por un dibujo original del Merrow.

 

Box belonging to the Society of NY containing the mummified remains of a specimen of Ichtyo sapiens abyssalis newborn.Octavius ​​Zedock, cryptozoologist belonging to the New York Theosophical Society got this issue through contacts in the Isle of Man.

Apparently fishermen working in Peel harbour caught in their nets a strange-looking egg.

They kept it in seawater until hatching and tried to keep it alive.

The specimen did not survive more than a few weeks, as the stories of fishermen who kept it.

As it was a strange being, half human half fish, rumors soon reached the Theosophical Society, always eager for new examples of cryptids to study.

The Theosophical Society cryptids have been kept secret for years, but some specimens probably stolen, are appearing to the public.

The box contains the mummified body of the specimen, a bottle containing remains of the egg, a map of Irish Sea, photographs of further dives in the area and a document of the Society with a drawing of the specimen.Both the antenna and the egg remains still retain bioluminescence.The box cover is adorned inside by an original drawing of the merrow.

 

Octavius Zedock s specimen box . Feejee mermaid

Box belonging to the Society of NY containing the mummified remains of a specimen of Ichtyo sapiens newborn.

Octavius ​​Zedock, cryptozoologist belonging to the New York Theosophical Society led an expedition to the remote Feejee islands in order to unravel the mystery of the mermaids from these islands.

The cryptid collection from the Theosophical Society have been kept in secret for years, but some specimens probably stolen, are appearing to the public.

The box contains the mummified body of a specimen that did not survive his capture, a bottle containing remains of the egg, a map of the islands, photo evidences of Feejee mummified mermaids and a document with a picture and information of the specimen.The box cover is adorned inside with a drawing of a mermaid.

Caja perteneciente a la Sociedad Teosófica de NY conteniendo los restos momificados de un especimen de Ichtyo sapiens recién nacido.

Octavius Zedock , criptozoólogo perteneciente a la Sociedad Teosófica neoyorquina encabezó una expedición a las remotas islas Feejee con objeto de desentrañar el misterio de las sirenas procedentes de esas islas.

Los críptidos de la Sociedad Teosófica han estado guardados en secreto durante años , pero algunos ejemplares seguramente robados , están apareciendo al público.

La caja contiene el cuerpo momificado de un especimen que no sobrevivió a su captura , una botella conteniendo restos del huevo , un mapa de las islas , fotografías de momias feejee y un documento de la Sociedad con un dibujo del especimen .

Tsantsa. Shrunken head of Horatio Hewitson.

Horatio Hewitson was Octavius ​​Zedock´s expedition partner until literally lost his head.

He accompanied Octavius on a route through the Peruvian jungle in search of cryptids specimens for the Theosophical Society of NY.

The scientific group had the misfortune to be captured by the Jivaro with tragic end for Horatio.

Octavius ​​escaped and brought the terrifying story of what happened in those jungles.

How the head of the unfortunate scientist was recovered is unknown. It is believed that there were new inroads into Jivaro territory by the Theosophical Society and somehow became part of the collection of the Society.

Polimer clay sculpture with real human hair and display system. All my sculptures are One Of A Kind (OOAK) .No molds were used to sculpt it so everyone I create is unique.

 

Horatio Hewitson fue compañero de expedición de Octavius Zedock hasta que literalmente , perdió la cabeza.

Acompañó a Octavius en una ruta a través de la selva peruana en busca de especímenes críptidos para la Sociedad Teosófica de N.Y.

La partida tuvo la mala fortuna de ser apresada por los jívaros con trágico final para Horatio.

Octavius pudo escapar y trajo el relato terrorífico de lo que aconteció en aquellas selvas.

Cómo se recuperó la cabeza del desafortunado científico es una incógnita. Se cree que hubo nuevas incursiones en territorio jívaro por parte de la Sociedad Teosófica y de algún modo pasó a formar parte de la colección de la Sociedad.

Escultura de arcilla polimérica con pelo humano real y base expositora. Todas mis esculturas son OOAK .No uso moldes en ninguna de mis creaciones , por tanto son únicas.

        

Unidentified marine fetus / Feto marino no identificado

Primer ejemplar de la colección de especímenes de Octavius Zedock a la venta. Un feto marino procedente de una investigación en el mar de Irlanda a principios de S XX.

First specimen of Octavius Zedock´s collection for sale. An unidentified marine fetus from an investigation in the Irish sea in the early years of XX century.