*scritch scritch scritch*
Um ow.
Can of gold spray paint: $6.99
Claw from a sparrow that Kitty dumped at the artist’s feet this morning: Priceless.
Creating a necklace and selling it online to people who know how to use sunscreen properly and clearly won’t be bothered by getting scratched by a dead bird claw sheathed in gold: $430.00.
For everything else, there’s therapy.
Thanks Lori!
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Posted by Karen Sugarpants on July 8, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
July 8th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Ew.
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July 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I actually like this one! I would even wear it! But I would never spend that much money on it.
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July 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I like this one too actually. For some reason unknown to me. But yeah, I wouldn’t pay $400 for it.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
it doubles as dentifrice fer pickin’ broccoli from yer teef.
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July 9th, 2009 at 3:18 am
That is just…ughh.
If you died today, would you want your foot all cased up in gold? Oh, but not the fake stuff, remember, it’s 24 carat.
What happened to that bird flu scare?
July 9th, 2009 at 6:49 am
My cat massacred a bird last week and left feathers, a wing and feet outside my bedroom door. Yeah, thanks Chip (my cat’s stoopid name).
While cleaning it up, I thought of the Bloggess and her little pieces of taxidermy. Turns out, I shoulda thought of you, kept those feet and made a cool $860. What an awesome way to use that wedding band from my useless first marriage and certainly a better profit than that yard sale I had last month…. hmmm
…. here kity, kitty
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July 9th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Does this ‘artist’ have a connection to the ‘crown of feet’ artist?!
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July 9th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Its kinda morbid but very pretty at the same time-I like it!
My parents old cat used to bring home disemboled rodents, but I don’t think those would look good around someone’s neck. 
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July 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
The thought of it doesn’t make my sunburned chest feel any better.
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Umm…not to be the spoil sport, but I am pretty sure that’s illegal.
Whether she killed the sparrow or not, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal to possess (much less sell) any part of any of the birds under it’s protection (the vast majority of birds found in the US, exceptions being pet, barnyard, and game birds), which I would assume sparrows are.
Lambent Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Surely it’s cast from a mold of a foot? There’s not actually a dead foot in there, right? Please say no.
gesikah (2 comments.) Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 11:57 am
At least to me, it sounds like there’s a real foot in there.
Lambent Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Ok, well I guess I can handle it as long as it’s rich and opulent. Oh wait — NO.
Let’s just hope this isn’t the first in a whole line of gold-dipped foot jewelry. Up next, kiitty’s next kill — vole foot!!
Juli Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Actually not, if it’s cast it means the artist only recreated the bird feet’s shape in gold, using a mold.
Because of that, I even like this one, unlike the taxidermed animal parts shown here while ago… XD
July 9th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I do metal casting (but nothing so gruesome as birds’ feet). Just to ease some minds here, I can assure you that the process of casting in 14k gold would not allow for the real foot to be inside that gold casting.
July 9th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
When I was last in the field in Sudan, the roof in the room I was staying in was comprised of straw, spiders, palm fronds, and a bird claw (in that order of quantity). Clearly, I should have kept the bird claw that landed on my luggage to make jewelry instead of pinching it between my fingers and flinging it into the courtyard while making an icky face.
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
how artistic, very impressive!
July 10th, 2009 at 8:17 am
“Let’s just hope this isn’t the first in a whole line of gold-dipped foot jewelry. Up next, kiitty’s next kill — vole foot!!”
Has anyone seen kitty lately? Wait, someone on Etsy is selling cat feet cased in gold!
July 20th, 2009 at 2:56 am
that is artistic. very impressive! with that bird claw!
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